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KVM: selftests: x86: Avoid using SSE/AVX instructions

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Some distros switched gcc to '-march=x86-64-v3' by default and while it's
hard to find a CPU which doesn't support it today, many KVM selftests fail
with

  ==== Test Assertion Failure ====
    lib/x86_64/processor.c:570: Unhandled exception in guest
    pid=72747 tid=72747 errno=4 - Interrupted system call
    Unhandled exception '0x6' at guest RIP '0x4104f7'

The failure is easy to reproduce elsewhere with

   $ make clean && CFLAGS='-march=x86-64-v3' make -j && ./x86_64/kvm_pv_test

The root cause of the problem seems to be that with '-march=x86-64-v3' GCC
uses AVX* instructions (VMOVQ in the example above) and without prior
XSETBV() in the guest this results in #UD. It is certainly possible to add
it there, e.g. the following saves the day as well:

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20240920154422.2890096-1-vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Vitaly Kuznetsov 2024-09-20 17:44:22 +02:00 committed by Paolo Bonzini
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@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wuninitialized -O2 -g -std=gnu99 \
-fno-stack-protector -fno-PIE -I$(LINUX_TOOL_INCLUDE) \ -fno-stack-protector -fno-PIE -I$(LINUX_TOOL_INCLUDE) \
-I$(LINUX_TOOL_ARCH_INCLUDE) -I$(LINUX_HDR_PATH) -Iinclude \ -I$(LINUX_TOOL_ARCH_INCLUDE) -I$(LINUX_HDR_PATH) -Iinclude \
-I$(<D) -Iinclude/$(ARCH_DIR) -I ../rseq -I.. $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) \ -I$(<D) -Iinclude/$(ARCH_DIR) -I ../rseq -I.. $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) \
-march=x86-64-v2 \
$(KHDR_INCLUDES) $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
ifeq ($(ARCH),s390) ifeq ($(ARCH),s390)
CFLAGS += -march=z10 CFLAGS += -march=z10