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From: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:22:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] domcapabilities: remove recommended CPU features from
 security features
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These features are only recommended to be enabled since they improve
performance of the VMs if security features are enabled.

pcid is a very useful perf feature, but missing in some silicon
so not portable.

pdpe1gb lets the guest use 1 GB pages which is good for perf
but again not all silicon can do it.

amd-ssbd is a security feature which fixes the same SSBD flaws as the
virt-ssbd feature does. virt-ssbd is usable across all CPU models
affected by SSBD, while amd-ssbd is only available in very new silicon.
So virt-ssbd is the bette rchoice.

amd-no-ssb just indicates that the CPU is not affected by SSBD, so not
critical to expose. I expect a future named CPU model will include that
where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit 29f815fbd23082dff79d2d716e32a644b5a15d4a)

Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1582667

Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
---
 tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-qemu-plain.xml      | 2 --
 .../compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml             | 4 ----
 virtinst/domcapabilities.py                                 | 6 +-----
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-qemu-plain.xml b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-qemu-plain.xml
index 80674eb4..3273e0e4 100644
--- a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-qemu-plain.xml
+++ b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-qemu-plain.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
   </features>
   <cpu mode="custom" match="exact">
     <model>Penryn</model>
-    <feature policy="require" name="pcid"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="pdpe1gb"/>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset="utc">
     <timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
diff --git a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
index d03ba5c8..16f15894 100644
--- a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
+++ b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@
     <model>foobar</model>
     <vendor>meee</vendor>
     <topology sockets="2" cores="2" threads="2"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="pcid"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="pdpe1gb"/>
     <feature policy="force" name="x2apic"/>
     <feature policy="force" name="x2apicagain"/>
     <feature policy="require" name="reqtest"/>
@@ -253,8 +251,6 @@
     <model>foobar</model>
     <vendor>meee</vendor>
     <topology sockets="2" cores="2" threads="2"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="pcid"/>
-    <feature policy="require" name="pdpe1gb"/>
     <feature policy="force" name="x2apic"/>
     <feature policy="force" name="x2apicagain"/>
     <feature policy="require" name="reqtest"/>
diff --git a/virtinst/domcapabilities.py b/virtinst/domcapabilities.py
index 12755940..da12bd58 100644
--- a/virtinst/domcapabilities.py
+++ b/virtinst/domcapabilities.py
@@ -240,14 +240,10 @@ class DomainCapabilities(XMLBuilder):
 
     def get_cpu_security_features(self):
         sec_features = [
-                'pcid',
                 'spec-ctrl',
                 'ssbd',
-                'pdpe1gb',
                 'ibpb',
-                'virt-ssbd',
-                'amd-ssbd',
-                'amd-no-ssb']
+                'virt-ssbd']
 
         features = []
 
-- 
2.20.1