Re: [PATCH] kvm: vmx: Pass through IA32_TSC_AUX for read iff guest has RDTSCP

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On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 11:31 AM Sean Christopherson
<sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 04:10:26PM -0800, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > If the guest supports RDTSCP, it already has read access to the
> > hardware IA32_TSC_AUX MSR via RDTSCP, so we can allow it read-access
> > via RDMSR as well. If the guest doesn't support RDTSCP, then we
> > should not allow it read access to the hardware IA32_TSC_AUX MSR.
>
> Maybe tweak the last sentence?
>
>     Intercept all accesses if the guest doesn't support RDTSCP in order
>     to inject #GP, IA32_TSC_AUX exists iff RDTSCP is supported.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Marc Orr <marcorr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Peter Shier <pshier@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>

Offline, Krish had a reasonable complaint about where I stuck this bit
of code. Should I do another version with some refactoring, or are
people happy enough with this version?



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