Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] KVM: SVM: Prevent writes to TSC MSR when Secure TSC is enabled

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On 2/12/2025 7:34 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2025, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote:
>> Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>     Secure TSC enabled guests, as these writes are not expected to reach the
>>     hypervisor. Log the error and return #GP to the guest.
> 
> Again, none of this ever says what actually happens if KVM tries to emulate a
> write to MSR_IA32_TSC.  Based on what the APM says, the TSC fields in the control
> area are ignored.  _That's_ what's relevant.
> >   The TSC value is first scaled with the GUEST_TSC_SCALE value from the VMSA and
>   then is added to the VMSA GUEST_TSC_OFFSET value. The P0 frequency, TSC_RATIO
>   (C001_0104h) and TSC_OFFSET (VMCB offset 50h) values are not used in the calculation.

Sure, I will update the commit.

Thanks,
Nikunj






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