Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control feature

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Oct 14 2022 - 16:04:52 EST


On Thu, Oct 13, 2022, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Normally, genuine Hyper-V doesn't expose architectural invariant TSC
> (CPUID.80000007H:EDX[8]) to its guests by default. A special PV MSR
> (HV_X64_MSR_TSC_INVARIANT_CONTROL, 0x40000118) and corresponding CPUID
> feature bit (CPUID.0x40000003.EAX[15]) were introduced. When bit 0 of the
> PV MSR is set, invariant TSC bit starts to show up in CPUID. When the
> feature is exposed to Hyper-V guests, reenlightenment becomes unneeded.
>
> Note: strictly speaking, KVM doesn't have to have the feature as exposing
> raw invariant TSC bit (CPUID.80000007H:EDX[8]) also seems to work for
> modern Windows versions. The feature is, however, tiny and straitforward
> and gives additional flexibility so why not.
>
> Vitaly Kuznetsov (7):
> x86/hyperv: Add HV_EXPOSE_INVARIANT_TSC define
> KVM: x86: Add a KVM-only leaf for CPUID_8000_0007_EDX
> KVM: x86: Hyper-V invariant TSC control
> KVM: selftests: Rename 'msr->available' to 'msr->fault_exepected' in
> hyperv_features test
> KVM: selftests: Convert hyperv_features test to using
> KVM_X86_CPU_FEATURE()
> KVM: selftests: Test that values written to Hyper-V MSRs are preserved
> KVM: selftests: Test Hyper-V invariant TSC control

For the series, in case Paolo ends up grabbing this:

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>