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KVM: x86: let it be known that ignore_msrs is a bad idea
When running KVM with ignore_msrs=1 and report_ignored_msrs=0, the user has
no clue that that the guest is being lied to. This may cause bug reports
such as https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2571, where enabling
a CPUID bit in QEMU caused Linux guests to try reading MSR_CU_DEF_ERR; and
being lied about the existence of MSR_CU_DEF_ERR caused the guest to assume
other things about the local APIC which were not true:
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: mce: [Firmware Bug]: Your BIOS is not setting up LVT offset 0x2 for deferred error IRQs correctly.
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: unchecked MSR access error: RDMSR from 0x852 at rIP: 0xffffffffb548ffa7 (native_read_msr+0x7/0x40)
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: Call Trace:
...
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: native_apic_msr_read+0x20/0x30
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: setup_APIC_eilvt+0x47/0x110
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: mce_amd_feature_init+0x485/0x4e0
...
Sep 14 12:02:53 kernel: [Firmware Bug]: cpu 0, try to use APIC520 (LVT offset 2) for vector 0xf4, but the register is already in use for vector 0x0 on this cpu
Without reported_ignored_msrs=0 at least the host kernel log will contain
enough information to avoid going on a wild goose chase. But if reports
about individual MSR accesses are being silenced too, at least complain
loudly the first time a VM is started.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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