Re: [PATCH v2 08/10] KVM: VMX: Set the TSC offset and multiplier on nested entry and exit

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Tue May 18 2021 - 20:08:05 EST


On Wed, May 12, 2021, Ilias Stamatis wrote:
> Now that nested TSC scaling is supported we need to calculate the
> correct 02 values for both the offset and the multiplier using the
> corresponding functions. On L2's exit the L1 values are restored.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ilias Stamatis <ilstam@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 13 +++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> index 6058a65a6ede..f1dff1ebaccb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> @@ -3354,8 +3354,9 @@ enum nvmx_vmentry_status nested_vmx_enter_non_root_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> }
>
> enter_guest_mode(vcpu);
> - if (vmcs12->cpu_based_vm_exec_control & CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETTING)
> - vcpu->arch.tsc_offset += vmcs12->tsc_offset;
> +
> + kvm_set_02_tsc_offset(vcpu);
> + kvm_set_02_tsc_multiplier(vcpu);

Please move this code into prepare_vmcs02() to co-locate it with the relevant
vmcs02 logic. If there's something in prepare_vmcs02() that consumes
vcpu->arch.tsc_offset() other than the obvious VMWRITE, I vote to move things
around to fix that rather than create this weird split.

> if (prepare_vmcs02(vcpu, vmcs12, &entry_failure_code)) {
> exit_reason.basic = EXIT_REASON_INVALID_STATE;
> @@ -4463,8 +4464,12 @@ void nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 vm_exit_reason,
> if (nested_cpu_has_preemption_timer(vmcs12))
> hrtimer_cancel(&to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.preemption_timer);
>
> - if (vmcs12->cpu_based_vm_exec_control & CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETTING)
> - vcpu->arch.tsc_offset -= vmcs12->tsc_offset;
> + if (vmcs12->cpu_based_vm_exec_control & CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETTING) {
> + vcpu->arch.tsc_offset = vcpu->arch.l1_tsc_offset;
> +
> + if (vmcs12->secondary_vm_exec_control & SECONDARY_EXEC_TSC_SCALING)
> + vcpu->arch.tsc_scaling_ratio = vcpu->arch.l1_tsc_scaling_ratio;
> + }
>
> if (likely(!vmx->fail)) {
> sync_vmcs02_to_vmcs12(vcpu, vmcs12);
> --
> 2.17.1
>