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[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows
From: |
Daniel Berrange |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 17:11:12 -0000 |
You're mis-understanding how microcode works a little. Microcode is
loaded into physical CPUs in the host. This affects everything that runs
on these CPUs thereafter. A KVM guest is merely a process running on the
host CPUs, so it is affected by the updated microcode. There is no
notion of the virtual CPUs having a different microcode.
The doc you pointed to above
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-
windows/CVE-2017-5715-and-hyper-v-vms
indicates that you must install the microcode in the host, which enables
new CPUs features. These features should then be exposed to the guest.
You say you've installed the microcode which is good, but did you also
update the kernel ?
Host kernel updates were required in order for KVM to be able to expose
the new features from the microcode, to the guest. Essentially if your
guest kernel shows "pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp" features as present,
then thanks to your "-cpu host" usage, the guest should see them too.
** CVE added: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2017-5715
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Title:
Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM
using "Spectre" protection
Status in QEMU:
New
Bug description:
Windows 10 (1803) VM using VGA passthrough via qemu script.
After upgrading Windows 10 Pro VM to version 1803, or possibly after
applying the March/April security updates from Microsoft, the VM would
show low 2D graphics performance (sluggishness in 2D applications and
low Passmark results).
Turning off Spectre vulnerability protection in Windows remedies the
issue.
Expected behavior:
qemu/kvm hypervisor to expose firmware capabilities of host to guest OS - see
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/CVE-2017-5715-and-hyper-v-vms
Background:
Starting in March or April Microsoft began to push driver updates in
their updates / security updates. See https://support.microsoft.com
/en-us/help/4073757/protect-your-windows-devices-against-spectre-
meltdown
One update concerns the Intel microcode - see
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4100347. It is activated by
default within Windows.
Once the updates are applied within the Windows guest, 2D graphics
performance drops significantly. Other performance benchmarks are not
affected.
A bare metal Windows installation does not display a performance loss
after the update. See https://heiko-sieger.info/low-2d-graphics-
benchmark-with-windows-10-1803-kvm-vm/
Similar reports can be found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/VFIO/comments/97unx4/passmark_lousy_2d_graphics_performance_on_windows/
Hardware:
6 core Intel Core i7-3930K (-MT-MCP-)
Host OS:
Linux Mint 19/Ubuntu 18.04
Kernel: 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64
Qemu: QEMU emulator version 2.11.1
Intel microcode (host): 0x714
dmesg | grep microcode
[ 0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x714, date =
2018-05-08
[ 2.810683] microcode: sig=0x206d7, pf=0x4, revision=0x714
[ 2.813340] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
Note: I manually updated the Intel microcode on the host from 0x713 to
0x714. However, both microcode versions produce the same result in the
Windows guest.
Guest OS:
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit, release 1803
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- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] [NEW] Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Heiko Sieger, 2018/08/23
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Daniel Berrange, 2018/08/24
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Heiko Sieger, 2018/08/24
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection,
Daniel Berrange <=
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Heiko Sieger, 2018/08/24
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Heiko Sieger, 2018/08/25
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Heiko Sieger, 2018/08/25
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Daniel Berrange, 2018/08/28
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Heiko Sieger, 2018/08/28
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Heiko Sieger, 2018/08/30
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Heiko Sieger, 2018/08/30
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Daniel Berrange, 2018/08/30
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Heiko Sieger, 2018/08/30
- [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1788665] Re: Low 2D graphics performance with Windows 10 (1803) VGA passthrough VM using "Spectre" protection, Daniel Berrange, 2018/08/30