[PATCH 1/3] KVM: x86: handle 0 write to TSC_DEADLINE MSR

From: Radim KrÄmÃÅ
Date: Fri Oct 06 2017 - 13:26:23 EST


0 should disable the timer, but start_hv_timer will recognize it as an
expired timer instead.

Signed-off-by: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 2c9e88a82738..39c1ae11ce1d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1549,6 +1549,9 @@ static bool start_hv_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
if (!apic_lvtt_period(apic) && atomic_read(&ktimer->pending))
return false;

+ if (!ktimer->tscdeadline)
+ return false;
+
r = kvm_x86_ops->set_hv_timer(apic->vcpu, ktimer->tscdeadline);
if (r < 0)
return false;
--
2.14.2