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    KVM: VMX: Allow INVPCID in guest without PCID · 1aaca37e
    Sean Christopherson authored
    Remove the restriction that prevents VMX from exposing INVPCID to the
    guest without PCID also being exposed to the guest.  The justification of
    the restriction is that INVPCID will #UD if it's disabled in the VMCS.
    While that is a true statement, it's also true that RDTSCP will #UD if
    it's disabled in the VMCS.  Neither of those things has any dependency
    whatsoever on the guest being able to set CR4.PCIDE=1, which is what is
    effectively allowed by exposing PCID to the guest.
    
    Removing the bogus restriction aligns VMX with SVM, and also allows for
    an interesting configuration.  INVPCID is that fastest way to do a global
    TLB flush, e.g. see native_flush_tlb_global().  Allowing INVPCID without
    PCID would let a guest use the expedited flush while also limiting the
    number of ASIDs consumed by the guest.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
    Message-Id: <20210212003411.1102677-4-seanjc@google.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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