xen: suppress known wrmsrs
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PATCH 1/1 xen: suppress known wrmsrs
In general, Xen doesn't support wrmsr from an unprivileged domain; it just ends up ignoring the instruction and printing a message on the console.
Given that there are sets of MSRs we know the kernel will try to write to, but we don't care, just eat them in xen_write_msr to cut down on console noise.
---arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
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arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c +0 -0
@@ -803,6 +803,19 @@
ret = -EFAULT; break;
#endif
+
+ case MSR_STAR:
+ case MSR_CSTAR:
+ case MSR_LSTAR:
+ case MSR_SYSCALL_MASK:
+ case MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS:
+ case MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP:
+ case MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP:
+ /* Fast syscall setup is all done in hypercalls, so
+ these are all ignored. Stub them out here to stop
+ Xen console noise. */
+ break;
+
default: ret = native_write_msr_safe(msr, low, high); }
Ingo Molnar
AppliedQuoted 9 lines · Jeremy Fitzhardinge
In general, Xen doesn't support wrmsr from an unprivileged domain; it just ends up ignoring the instruction and printing a message on the console.
Given that there are sets of MSRs we know the kernel will try to write to, but we don't care, just eat them in
xen_write_msrto cut down on console noise.Signed-off-by Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[email protected]>
applied to tip/x86/xen - thanks,
Ingo