KVM: x86: Disable KVM_INTEL_PROVE_VE by default

Disable KVM's "prove #VE" support by default, as it provides no functional
value, and even its sanity checking benefits are relatively limited.  I.e.
it should be fully opt-in even on debug kernels, especially since EPT
Violation #VE suppression appears to be buggy on some CPUs.

Opportunistically add a line in the help text to make it abundantly clear
that KVM_INTEL_PROVE_VE should never be enabled in a production
environment.

Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-ID: <20240518000430.1118488-10-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
index d64fb2b3eb69e364772b1d9e515cb232a325f4b8..7f47233ddf46c3345de963f7b8cbbe900272c9c6 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -97,15 +97,17 @@ config KVM_INTEL
 
 config KVM_INTEL_PROVE_VE
         bool "Check that guests do not receive #VE exceptions"
-        default KVM_PROVE_MMU || DEBUG_KERNEL
-        depends on KVM_INTEL
+        depends on KVM_INTEL && EXPERT
         help
-
           Checks that KVM's page table management code will not incorrectly
           let guests receive a virtualization exception.  Virtualization
           exceptions will be trapped by the hypervisor rather than injected
           in the guest.
 
+          Note: some CPUs appear to generate spurious EPT Violations #VEs
+          that trigger KVM's WARN, in particular with eptad=0 and/or nested
+          virtualization.
+
           If unsure, say N.
 
 config X86_SGX_KVM