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    x86/kvm/svm: Use uninstrumented wrmsrl() to restore GS · c3f08ed1
    Thomas Gleixner authored
    On guest exit MSR_GS_BASE contains whatever the guest wrote to it and the
    first action after returning from the ASM code is to set it to the host
    kernel value. This uses wrmsrl() which is interesting at least.
    
    wrmsrl() is either using native_write_msr() or the paravirt variant. The
    XEN_PV code is uninteresting as nested SVM in a XEN_PV guest does not work.
    
    But native_write_msr() can be placed out of line by the compiler especially
    when paravirtualization is enabled in the kernel configuration. The
    function is marked notrace, but still can be probed if
    CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS_ON_NOTRACE is enabled.
    
    That would be a fatal problem as kprobe events use per-CPU variables which
    are GS based and would be accessed with the guest GS. Depending on the GS
    value this would either explode in colorful ways or lead to completely
    undebugable data corruption.
    
    Aside of that native_write_msr() contains a tracepoint which objtool
    complains about as it is invoked from the noinstr section.
    
    As this cannot run inside a XEN_PV guest there is no point in using
    wrmsrl(). Use native_wrmsrl() instead which is just a plain native WRMSR
    without tracing or anything else attached.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Acked-by: default avatarJuergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
    Message-Id: <20200708195322.244847377@linutronix.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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