Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 0/5] x86: Multiple fixes to MSR_TSC_AUX and RDTSCP handling for guests

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 26/02/2018 19:44, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> On 02/26/2018 02:12 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> On 20/02/18 11:58, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>>> This rats nest was discovered when finding that MSR_TSC_AUX leaked into PV
>>> guests.  It is RFC because I haven't done extensive testing on the result, 
>>> and
>>> because there are some functional changes for the virtualised TSC modes.
>>>
>>> Andrew Cooper (5):
>>>   x86/hvm: Don't shadow the domain parameter in hvm_save_cpu_msrs()
>>>   x86/pv: Avoid leaking other guests' MSR_TSC_AUX values into PV context
>>>   x86/time: Rework pv_soft_rdtsc() to aid further cleanup
>>>   x86/pv: Remove deferred RDTSC{,P} handling in pv_emulate_privileged_op()
>>>   x86: Rework MSR_TSC_AUX handling from scratch.
>> Konrad/Boris: Can we have any input WRT TSC_MODE_PVRDTSCP usage?  Are
>> you still using the feature, or is it abandoned?
> I already asked a few internal teams about, haven't heard back.

Ah ok - thanks.  I'll wait to hear back from you then.

~Andrew

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