KVM: VMX: Use a scaled host TSC for guest readings of MSR_IA32_TSC
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>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 8902952..c6016e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -2371,15 +2371,16 @@
/*
* 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;
}
/*
@@ -2771,7 +2772,7 @@
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);