Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/cpufeatures: Add virtual TSC_AUX feature bit

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Apr 08 2022 - 05:00:08 EST


On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 07:57:50PM -0500, Babu Moger wrote:
> The TSC_AUX Virtualization feature allows AMD SEV-ES guests to securely use
> TSC_AUX (auxiliary time stamp counter data) MSR in RDTSCP and RDPID
> instructions.
>
> The TSC_AUX MSR is typically initialized to APIC ID or another unique
> identifier so that software can quickly associate returned TSC value
> with the logical processor.
>
> Adds the feature bit and also include it in the kvm for detection.

s/Adds/Add/

>
> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

With that fixed:

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

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