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Subject[PATCH v2 11/12] KVM: VMX: Use a scaled host TSC for guest readings of MSR_IA32_TSC
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This patch makes kvm-intel to return a scaled host TSC plus the TSC
offset when handling guest readings to MSR_IA32_TSC.

Signed-off-by: Haozhong Zhang <haozhong.zhang@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index c241ff3..a02b59c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -2372,15 +2372,16 @@ static void setup_msrs(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)

/*
* reads and returns guest's timestamp counter "register"
- * guest_tsc = host_tsc + tsc_offset -- 21.3
+ * guest_tsc = (host_tsc * tsc multiplier) >> 48 + tsc_offset
+ * -- Intel TSC Scaling for Virtualization White Paper, sec 1.3
*/
-static u64 guest_read_tsc(void)
+static u64 guest_read_tsc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
u64 host_tsc, tsc_offset;

host_tsc = rdtsc();
tsc_offset = vmcs_read64(TSC_OFFSET);
- return host_tsc + tsc_offset;
+ return kvm_scale_tsc(vcpu, host_tsc) + tsc_offset;
}

/*
@@ -2772,7 +2773,7 @@ static int vmx_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
case MSR_EFER:
return kvm_get_msr_common(vcpu, msr_info);
case MSR_IA32_TSC:
- msr_info->data = guest_read_tsc();
+ msr_info->data = guest_read_tsc(vcpu);
break;
case MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS:
msr_info->data = vmcs_read32(GUEST_SYSENTER_CS);
--
2.4.8


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