1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
index b61d4dd804e3..37537af126d1 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ static struct kvm_vmx_segment_field {
         VMX_SEGMENT_FIELD(LDTR),
 };
 
+/*
+ * Keep MSR_K6_STAR at the end, as setup_msrs() will try to optimize it
+ * away by decrementing the array size.
+ */
 static const u32 vmx_msr_index[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
         MSR_SYSCALL_MASK, MSR_LSTAR, MSR_CSTAR, MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE,
@@ -323,6 +327,18 @@ static void setup_msrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
                 nr_skip = NR_64BIT_MSRS;
         nr_good_msrs = vcpu->nmsrs - nr_skip;
 
+        /*
+         * MSR_K6_STAR is only needed on long mode guests, and only
+         * if efer.sce is enabled.
+         */
+        if (find_msr_entry(vcpu, MSR_K6_STAR)) {
+                --nr_good_msrs;
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+                if (is_long_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->shadow_efer & EFER_SCE))
+                        ++nr_good_msrs;
+#endif
+        }
+
         vmcs_writel(VM_ENTRY_MSR_LOAD_ADDR,
                     virt_to_phys(vcpu->guest_msrs + nr_skip));
         vmcs_writel(VM_EXIT_MSR_STORE_ADDR,