Re: [PATCH v15 08/13] x86/cpu/amd: Do not print FW_BUG for Secure TSC
From: Nikunj A. Dadhania
Date: Wed Dec 18 2024 - 00:22:10 EST
On 12/17/2024 4:40 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 02:30:40PM +0530, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote:
>> When Secure TSC is enabled and TscInvariant (bit 8) in CPUID_8000_0007_edx
>> is set, the kernel complains with the below firmware bug:
>>
>> [Firmware Bug]: TSC doesn't count with P0 frequency!
>
> This happens in a normal guest too:
>
> [ 0.000000] [Firmware Bug]: TSC doesn't count with P0 frequency!
> [ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000009ffff] usable
> ...
> [ 0.000000] DMI: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 2023.11-8 02/21/2024
> ...
>
> If anything, this should check X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR but this is just a silly
> warning so you don't really need to do anything about it.
In that case, let me drop this patch.
Regards,
Nikunj