kvm: x86: emulate monitor and mwait instructions as nop

[mirror_ubuntu-bionic-kernel.git] / arch / x86 / kvm / cpuid.c

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index 17b42fabc8422aeb4c998374ddaa88786d14a413..38a0afe83c6ba17822ca683ae570fec7ff65825e 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
                0 /* Reserved */ | f_lm | F(3DNOWEXT) | F(3DNOW);
        /* cpuid 1.ecx */
        const u32 kvm_supported_word4_x86_features =
+               /* NOTE: MONITOR (and MWAIT) are emulated as NOP,
+                * but *not* advertised to guests via CPUID ! */
                F(XMM3) | F(PCLMULQDQ) | 0 /* DTES64, MONITOR */ |
                0 /* DS-CPL, VMX, SMX, EST */ |
                0 /* TM2 */ | F(SSSE3) | 0 /* CNXT-ID */ | 0 /* Reserved */ |