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    KVM: SVM: Do not use user return MSR support for virtualized TSC_AUX · 916e3e5f
    Tom Lendacky authored
    When the TSC_AUX MSR is virtualized, the TSC_AUX value is swap type "B"
    within the VMSA. This means that the guest value is loaded on VMRUN and
    the host value is restored from the host save area on #VMEXIT.
    
    Since the value is restored on #VMEXIT, the KVM user return MSR support
    for TSC_AUX can be replaced by populating the host save area with the
    current host value of TSC_AUX. And, since TSC_AUX is not changed by Linux
    post-boot, the host save area can be set once in svm_hardware_enable().
    This eliminates the two WRMSR instructions associated with the user return
    MSR support.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
    Message-Id: <d381de38eb0ab6c9c93dda8503b72b72546053d7.1694811272.git.thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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