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Paolo Bonzini authored
KVM special-cases writes to MSR_IA32_TSC so that all CPUs have the same base for the TSC. This logic is complicated, and we do not want it to have any effect once the VM is started. In particular, if any guest started to synchronize its TSCs with writes to MSR_IA32_TSC rather than MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST, the additional effect of kvm_write_tsc code would be uncharted territory. Therefore, this patch makes writes to MSR_IA32_TSC behave essentially the same as writes to MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST when they come from the guest. A new selftest (which passes both before and after the patch) checks the current semantics of writes to MSR_IA32_TSC and MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST originating from both the host and the guest. Upcoming work to remove the special side effects of host-initiated writes to MSR_IA32_TSC and MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST will be able to build onto this test, adjusting the host side to use the new APIs and achieve the same effect. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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