From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org>
To: andrey.zhadchenko@virtuozzo.com
Cc: svt-core@virtuozzo.com, den@openvz.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 hci-8.0/hci-8.1 3/6] i386: keep spec-ctrl for AMD guests on vz machine types up to vz9.2.0 #VSTOR-151770
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:25:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029122527.365104-4-den@openvz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029122527.365104-1-den@openvz.org>
From: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Since kernel commit de572491a975 ("KVM: x86: AMD's IBPB is not
equivalent to Intel's IBPB") KVM offers spec-ctrl on AMD hosts only
with IBPB_RET, which Zen 1-3 lack. A guest started under an older
kernel has spec-ctrl in its CPUID, and QEMU filters it on the new
host, so migration, restore and snapshot revert fail (VSTOR-151770).
Add x-spec-ctrl-compat and turn it on in pc_vz_9_2_compat: an AMD
guest keeps a requested spec-ctrl when the guest and the host both
have amd-ibpb and one of amd-ibrs, amd-stibp and amd-ssbd. Since
kernel commit e592ec657d84 KVM grants a guest only the CPUID bits it
supports itself, so the kept spec-ctrl gives the guest no MSR on such
a host. MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD stays available through amd-ibpb and
MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL through the other three (kernel commit
39485ed95d6b). Without them every access to MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL raises
#GP, so such a guest still fails to start or migrate, as it did with
the libvirt relaxation this replaces.
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
---
hw/i386/pc.c | 1 +
target/i386/cpu.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
target/i386/cpu.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 25b17866103..95ff2e7860e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ const size_t pc_vz_compat_len = G_N_ELEMENTS(pc_vz_compat);
GlobalProperty pc_vz_9_2_compat[] = {
{ TYPE_X86_CPU, "x-tsx-compat", "on" },
+ { TYPE_X86_CPU, "x-spec-ctrl-compat", "on" },
};
const size_t pc_vz_9_2_compat_len = G_N_ELEMENTS(pc_vz_9_2_compat);
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 5ff5644dee9..27fefaeaf71 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -9116,6 +9116,19 @@ static uint64_t x86_cpu_compat_kept_features(X86CPU *cpu, FeatureWord w)
kept = CPUID_7_0_EBX_HLE | CPUID_7_0_EBX_RTM;
}
break;
+ case FEAT_7_0_EDX:
+ if (cpu->spec_ctrl_compat && IS_AMD_CPU(env)) {
+ uint64_t msrs = env->features[FEAT_8000_0008_EBX] &
+ kvm_arch_get_supported_cpuid(kvm_state, 0x80000008, 0, R_EBX);
+
+ if ((msrs & CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_IBPB) &&
+ (msrs & (CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_IBRS |
+ CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_STIBP |
+ CPUID_8000_0008_EBX_AMD_SSBD))) {
+ kept = CPUID_7_0_EDX_SPEC_CTRL;
+ }
+ }
+ break;
default:
break;
}
@@ -10081,6 +10094,7 @@ static const Property x86_cpu_properties[] = {
DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-pdcm-on-even-without-pmu", X86CPU,
pdcm_on_even_without_pmu, false),
DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-tsx-compat", X86CPU, tsx_compat, false),
+ DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-spec-ctrl-compat", X86CPU, spec_ctrl_compat, false),
};
#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
index 85efd0b9fbe..740fb3aedc5 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
@@ -2337,6 +2337,7 @@ struct ArchCPU {
* older node keeps its CPUID.
*/
bool tsx_compat;
+ bool spec_ctrl_compat;
/* Number of physical address bits supported */
uint32_t phys_bits;
--
2.53.0
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-29 12:25 [PATCH v3 hci-8.0/hci-8.1 0/6] i386: keep CPU features of guests from older nodes on vz machine types #VSTOR-152264 Denis V. Lunev
2026-10-29 12:25 ` [PATCH v3 hci-8.0/hci-8.1 1/6] i386/pc: raise the limit of compat arrays per Virtuozzo machine type to four #VSTOR-152264 Denis V. Lunev
2026-10-29 12:27 ` no-reply
2026-10-29 12:25 ` [PATCH v3 hci-8.0/hci-8.1 2/6] i386: keep hle and rtm on Virtuozzo machine types up to vz9.2.0 #PSBM-149402 Denis V. Lunev
2026-10-29 12:29 ` no-reply
2026-10-29 12:25 ` Denis V. Lunev [this message]
2026-10-29 12:29 ` [PATCH v3 hci-8.0/hci-8.1 3/6] i386: keep spec-ctrl for AMD guests on vz machine types up to vz9.2.0 #VSTOR-151770 no-reply
2026-10-29 12:25 ` [PATCH v3 hci-8.0/hci-8.1 4/6] i386: keep bus-lock-detect for AMD guests on vz machine types up to vz9.2.0 #VSTOR-152291 Denis V. Lunev
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2026-10-29 12:25 ` [PATCH v3 hci-8.0/hci-8.1 5/6] i386: keep v-vmsave-vmload for nested AMD guests on vz types up to vz9.2.0 #VSTOR-152264 Denis V. Lunev
2026-10-29 12:30 ` no-reply
2026-10-29 12:25 ` [PATCH v3 hci-8.0/hci-8.1 6/6] i386: keep SVM leaf features without svm on vz types up to vz9.2.0 #PSBM-144630 Denis V. Lunev
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2026-10-29 13:30 ` [PATCH v3 hci-8.0/hci-8.1 0/6] i386: keep CPU features of guests from older nodes on vz machine types #VSTOR-152264 Andrey Drobyshev
2026-10-29 13:47 ` Andrey Drobyshev
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