linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] X86/KVM: Properly restore 'tsc

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Date:   Thu, 12 Apr 2018 22:21:51 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     "Raslan, KarimAllah" <karahmed@...zon.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     "jmattson@...gle.com" <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        "rkrcmar@...hat.com" <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] X86/KVM: Properly restore 'tsc_offset' when running
 an L2 guest

On 12/04/2018 19:21, Raslan, KarimAllah wrote:
> Now looking further at the code, it seems that everywhere in the code
> tsc_offset is treated as the L01 TSC_OFFSET.
> 
> Like here:
> 
>         if (vmcs12->cpu_based_vm_exec_control &
> CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETING)
>                 vmcs_write64(TSC_OFFSET,
>                         vcpu->arch.tsc_offset + vmcs12->tsc_offset);
> 
> and here:
> 
>         vmcs_write64(TSC_OFFSET, vcpu->arch.tsc_offset);
> 
> and here:
> 
> u64 kvm_read_l1_tsc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 host_tsc)
> {
>         return vcpu->arch.tsc_offset + kvm_scale_tsc(vcpu, host_tsc);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_read_l1_tsc);
> 
> ... would not it be simpler and more inline with the current code to
> just do what I did above + remove the "+ l1_tsc_offset" + probably
> document tsc_offset ?

Problem is, I don't think it's correct. :)  A good start would be to try
disabling MSR_IA32_TSC interception in KVM, prepare a kvm-unit-tests
test that reads the MSR, and see if you get the host or guest TSC...

Paolo