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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/1] i386/kvm: TSC page clocksource for Hyper
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/1] i386/kvm: TSC page clocksource for Hyper-V-on-KVM fixes |
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Mon, 7 May 2018 18:57:58 +0200 |
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On 02/05/2018 09:34, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Vitaly Kuznetsov <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Changes since v4:
>> - Rebase on top of Roman's patches.
>> - Drop PATCH2 as it is no longer needed (after adding explicit
>> hv_frequencies).
>>
>> Previously, Ladi was working on enabling TSC page clocksource for nested
>> Hyper-V-on-KVM workloads. He found out that if Hyper-V frequency MSRs are
>> exposed to L1 as well as INVTSC flag Hyper-V enables TSC page clocksource
>> to its guests. Qemu doesn't pass INVTSC by default as it is a migration
>> blocker.
>>
>> I found out there's a different way to make Hyper-V like us: expose
>> Reenlightenment MSRs to it. KVM doesn't fully support the feature as
>> we're still unable to migrate nested environments but rudimentary support
>> we have there is enough.
>>
>> Enable Hyper-V reenlightenment MSRs to make things work.
>>
>
> Gentle ping :-)
>
> With Roman's Reviewed-by:, is there anything else needed from me to get
> this accepted?
>
> Thanks!
>
Queued, thanks.
Paolo