KVM: x86/svm: Clear reserved bits written to PerfEvtSeln MSRs
AMD EPYC CPUs never raise a #GP for a WRMSR to a PerfEvtSeln MSR. Some reserved bits are cleared, and some are not. Specifically, on Zen3/Milan, bits 19 and 42 are not cleared. When emulating such a WRMSR, KVM should not synthesize a #GP, regardless of which bits are set. However, undocumented bits should not be passed through to the hardware MSR. So, rather than checking for reserved bits and synthesizing a #GP, just clear the reserved bits. This may seem pedantic, but since KVM currently does not support the "Host/Guest Only" bits (41:40), it is necessary to clear these bits rather than synthesizing #GP, because some popular guests (e.g Linux) will set the "Host Only" bit even on CPUs that don't support EFER.SVME, and they don't expect a #GP. For example, root@Ubuntu1804:~# perf stat -e r26 -a sleep 1 Performance counter stats for 'system wide': 0 r26 1.001070977 seconds time elapsed Feb 23 03:59:58 Ubunt...
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