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From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
	Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com>,
	Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>,
	linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control feature
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:04:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y0nA0DCeh4IPmWMX@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221013095849.705943-1-vkuznets@redhat.com>

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Normally, genuine Hyper-V doesn't expose architectural invariant TSC
> (CPUID.80000007H:EDX[8]) to its guests by default. A special PV MSR
> (HV_X64_MSR_TSC_INVARIANT_CONTROL, 0x40000118) and corresponding CPUID
> feature bit (CPUID.0x40000003.EAX[15]) were introduced. When bit 0 of the
> PV MSR is set, invariant TSC bit starts to show up in CPUID. When the 
> feature is exposed to Hyper-V guests, reenlightenment becomes unneeded.
> 
> Note: strictly speaking, KVM doesn't have to have the feature as exposing
> raw invariant TSC bit (CPUID.80000007H:EDX[8]) also seems to work for
> modern Windows versions. The feature is, however, tiny and straitforward
> and gives additional flexibility so why not.
> 
> Vitaly Kuznetsov (7):
>   x86/hyperv: Add HV_EXPOSE_INVARIANT_TSC define
>   KVM: x86: Add a KVM-only leaf for CPUID_8000_0007_EDX
>   KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control
>   KVM: selftests: Rename 'msr->available' to 'msr->fault_exepected' in
>     hyperv_features test
>   KVM: selftests: Convert hyperv_features test to using
>     KVM_X86_CPU_FEATURE()
>   KVM: selftests: Test that values written to Hyper-V MSRs are preserved
>   KVM: selftests: Test Hyper-V invariant TSC control

For the series, in case Paolo ends up grabbing this:

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-10-14 20:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-13  9:58 [PATCH v5 0/7] KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control feature Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-10-13  9:58 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] x86/hyperv: Add HV_EXPOSE_INVARIANT_TSC define Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-10-13  9:58 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] KVM: x86: Add a KVM-only leaf for CPUID_8000_0007_EDX Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-10-13  9:58 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-10-13  9:58 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] KVM: selftests: Rename 'msr->available' to 'msr->fault_exepected' in hyperv_features test Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-10-13  9:58 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] KVM: selftests: Convert hyperv_features test to using KVM_X86_CPU_FEATURE() Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-10-13  9:58 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] KVM: selftests: Test that values written to Hyper-V MSRs are preserved Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-10-13  9:58 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] KVM: selftests: Test Hyper-V invariant TSC control Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-10-14 20:04 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2022-11-22 15:43   ` [PATCH v5 0/7] KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control feature Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-12-24 11:04 ` Paolo Bonzini

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