Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] KVM: SVM: Prevent writes to TSC MSR when Secure TSC is enabled

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On 3/10/2025 8:53 PM, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> On 3/10/25 01:45, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote:
>> Disallow writes to MSR_IA32_TSC for Secure TSC enabled SNP guests. Even if
>> KVM attempts to emulate such writes, TSC calculation will ignore the
> 
> s/TSC calculation/the TSC calculation performed by hardware/
> 
>> TSC_SCALE and TSC_OFFSET present in the VMCB. Instead, it will use
> 
> s/present/values present/
> s/VMCB. Instead, it will use/VMCB and instead use the/
>> GUEST_TSC_SCALE and GUEST_TSC_OFFSET stored in the VMSA.
> 
> s/stored/values stored/
> 

Ack

>>
>> Additionally, incorporate a check for protected guest state to allow the
>> VMM to initialize the TSC MSR.
> 
> I don't see this in the patch.

This change is removed as we are differentiating between host/guest writes
and host writes are ignored. I will remove this.
 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@xxxxxxx>
> 
> With cleanup to the commit message and a formatting nit below:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
> 
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
>> index e65721db1f81..1652848b0240 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
>> @@ -3161,6 +3161,25 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
>>  
>>  		svm->tsc_aux = data;
>>  		break;
>> +	case MSR_IA32_TSC:
>> +		/*
>> +		 * For Secure TSC enabled VM, do not emulate TSC write as the
>> +		 * TSC calculation ignores the TSC_OFFSET and TSC_SCALE control
>> +		 * fields.
>> +		 *
>> +		 * Guest writes: Record the error and return a #GP.
>> +		 * Host writes are ignored.
>> +		 */
>> +		if (snp_secure_tsc_enabled(vcpu->kvm)) {
>> +			if (!msr->host_initiated) {
>> +				vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "unimplemented IA32_TSC for Secure TSC\n");
>> +				return 1;
>> +			} else
>> +				return 0;
> 
> You need "{" and "}" around this.

Ack

Regards
Nikunj





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