Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Avoid writing to TSC page without an active vCPU

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Apr 07 2022 - 12:16:12 EST


On Thu, Apr 07, 2022, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 676705ad1e23..3460bcd75bf2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -979,10 +979,10 @@ enum hv_tsc_page_status {
> HV_TSC_PAGE_GUEST_CHANGED,
> /* TSC page MSR was written by KVM userspace, update pending */
> HV_TSC_PAGE_HOST_CHANGED,
> + /* TSC page needs to be updated due to internal KVM changes */
> + HV_TSC_PAGE_KVM_CHANGED,

Why add KVM_CHANGED? I don't see any reason to differentiate between userspace
and KVM, and using KVM_CHANGED for the kvm_vm_ioctl_set_clock() case is wrong as
that is very much a userspace initiated update, not a KVM update.

> /* TSC page was properly set up and is currently active */
> HV_TSC_PAGE_SET,
> - /* TSC page is currently being updated and therefore is inactive */
> - HV_TSC_PAGE_UPDATING,
> /* TSC page was set up with an inaccessible GPA */
> HV_TSC_PAGE_BROKEN,
> };