linux-kernel - Re: [RFC: timer passthrough 5/9] KVM: vmx: use tsc_adjust to enable tsc

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Date:   Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:22:24 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Zhimin Feng <fengzhimin@...edance.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, seanjc@...gle.com, vkuznets@...hat.com,
        wanpengli@...cent.com, jmattson@...gle.com, joro@...tes.org,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, hpa@...or.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
        zhouyibo@...edance.com, zhanghaozhong@...edance.com
Subject: Re: [RFC: timer passthrough 5/9] KVM: vmx: use tsc_adjust to enable tsc_offset timer passthrough

On Fri, Feb 05 2021 at 13:43, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 06:03:13PM +0800, Zhimin Feng wrote:
>> +static void vmx_adjust_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool to_host)
>> +{
>> +	u64 tsc_adjust;
>> +	struct timer_passth_info *local_timer_info;
>> +
>> +	local_timer_info = &per_cpu(passth_info, smp_processor_id());
>> +
>> +	if (to_host) {
>> +		tsc_adjust = local_timer_info->host_tsc_adjust;
>> +		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST, tsc_adjust);
>> +		vmcs_write64(TSC_OFFSET, vcpu->arch.tsc_offset);
>> +	} else {
>> +		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST, tsc_adjust);
>> +		local_timer_info->host_tsc_adjust = tsc_adjust;
>> +
>> +		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST, tsc_adjust + vcpu->arch.tsc_offset);
>> +		vmcs_write64(TSC_OFFSET, 0);
>> +	}
>> +}
>
> NAK
>
> This wrecks the host TSC value, any host code between this and actually
> entering that VM will observe batshit time.

VMCS TSC offset is there for a reason...

Thanks,

        tglx