[PATCH v15 04/13] x86/sev: Change TSC MSR behavior for Secure TSC enabled guests

From: Nikunj A Dadhania
Date: Tue Dec 03 2024 - 04:02:12 EST


Secure TSC enabled guests should not write to MSR_IA32_TSC(10H) register as
the subsequent TSC value reads are undefined. For AMD platform,
MSR_IA32_TSC is intercepted by the hypervisor, MSR_IA32_TSC read/write
accesses should not exit to the hypervisor for such guests.

Accesses to MSR_IA32_TSC needs special handling in the #VC handler for the
guests with Secure TSC enabled. Writes to MSR_IA32_TSC should be ignored,
and reads of MSR_IA32_TSC should return the result of the RDTSC
instruction.

Signed-off-by: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Peter Gonda <pgonda@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
index 39683101b526..af28fb962309 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
@@ -1433,6 +1433,31 @@ static enum es_result __vc_handle_msr_caa(struct pt_regs *regs, bool write)
return ES_OK;
}

+/*
+ * TSC related accesses should not exit to the hypervisor when a guest is
+ * executing with SecureTSC enabled, so special handling is required for
+ * accesses of MSR_IA32_TSC:
+ *
+ * Writes: Writing to MSR_IA32_TSC can cause subsequent reads
+ * of the TSC to return undefined values, so ignore all
+ * writes.
+ * Reads: Reads of MSR_IA32_TSC should return the current TSC
+ * value, use the value returned by RDTSC.
+ */
+static enum es_result __vc_handle_msr_tsc(struct pt_regs *regs, bool write)
+{
+ u64 tsc;
+
+ if (write)
+ return ES_OK;
+
+ tsc = rdtsc_ordered();
+ regs->ax = lower_32_bits(tsc);
+ regs->dx = upper_32_bits(tsc);
+
+ return ES_OK;
+}
+
static enum es_result vc_handle_msr(struct ghcb *ghcb, struct es_em_ctxt *ctxt)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = ctxt->regs;
@@ -1445,6 +1470,9 @@ static enum es_result vc_handle_msr(struct ghcb *ghcb, struct es_em_ctxt *ctxt)
if (regs->cx == MSR_SVSM_CAA)
return __vc_handle_msr_caa(regs, write);

+ if (regs->cx == MSR_IA32_TSC && (sev_status & MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_TSC))
+ return __vc_handle_msr_tsc(regs, write);
+
ghcb_set_rcx(ghcb, regs->cx);
if (write) {
ghcb_set_rax(ghcb, regs->ax);
--
2.34.1