Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Don't expose TSC scaling to L1 when on Hyper-V

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On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 07:20:34PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 6/14/22 14:19, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> > The latest version:
> > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/tlfs/datatypes/hv_vmx_enlightened_vmcs
> > 
> > has it, actually. It was missing before (compare with e.g. 6.0b version
> > here:
> > https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Virtualization-Documentation/raw/live/tlfs/Hypervisor%20Top%20Level%20Functional%20Specification%20v6.0b.pdf)
> > 
> > but AFAIR TSC scaling wasn't advertised by genuine Hyper-V either.
> > Interestingly enough, eVMCS version didn't change when these fields were
> > added, it is still '1'.
> > 
> > I even have a patch in my stash (attached). I didn't send it out because
> > it wasn't properly tested with different Hyper-V versions.
> > 
> > -- Vitaly
> 
> Anirudh, can you check if Vitaly's patches work for you?

I will check it. But I wonder if they fit the criteria for inclusion in
stable trees...

It is important for the fix to land in the stable trees since this issue
is a regression that was introduced _after_ 5.13. (I probably should've
mentioned this in the changelog.)

Thanks,

	Anirudh.

> 
> Paolo



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