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>
next prev 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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