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* [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control feature
@ 2022-07-13 15:05 Vitaly Kuznetsov
  2022-07-13 15:05 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control Vitaly Kuznetsov
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  0 siblings, 4 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Vitaly Kuznetsov @ 2022-07-13 15:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kvm, Paolo Bonzini, Sean Christopherson
  Cc: Wanpeng Li, Jim Mattson, Maxim Levitsky, linux-kernel

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 (3):
  KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control
  KVM: selftests: Fix wrmsr_safe()
  KVM: selftests: Test Hyper-V invariant TSC control

 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h               |  1 +
 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c                          |  7 ++
 arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c                         | 19 +++++
 arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.h                         | 15 ++++
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                            |  4 +-
 .../selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h  |  2 +-
 .../selftests/kvm/x86_64/hyperv_features.c    | 73 ++++++++++++++++++-
 7 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

-- 
2.35.3


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2022-07-14  9:25   ` Maxim Levitsky
2022-07-14 15:05     ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
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2022-07-13 15:41   ` Sean Christopherson
2022-07-14  0:52     ` Sean Christopherson
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2022-07-14  9:26   ` Maxim Levitsky
2022-07-14 14:57     ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-07-14  9:24 ` [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control feature Maxim Levitsky
2022-07-14 15:02   ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2022-07-18 15:07     ` Michael Kelley (LINUX)

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