RE: [PATCH 1/2] x86/hyperv: Allow guests to enable InvariantTSC

From: Michael Kelley
Date: Thu Oct 03 2019 - 19:16:31 EST


From: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 8:52 AM
>
> If the hardware supports TSC scaling, Hyper-V will set bit 15 of the
> HV_PARTITION_PRIVILEGE_MASK in guest VMs with a compatible Hyper-V
> configuration version. Bit 15 corresponds to the
> AccessTscInvariantControls privilege. If this privilege bit is set,
> guests can access the HvSyntheticInvariantTscControl MSR: guests can
> set bit 0 of this synthetic MSR to enable the InvariantTSC feature.
> After setting the synthetic MSR, CPUID will enumerate support for
> InvariantTSC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h | 5 +++++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 7 ++++++-
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

As noted in a separate email, this patch is standalone, not 1 of 2 as
indicated in the subject line. Modulo that,

Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>