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[10/18] kvm: x86: Reset paravirtual MSRs

Message ID ea7cea87ab43048c50ad2b35184d198fc343ab99.1295642900.git.jan.kiszka@web.de
State New
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Jan Kiszka Jan. 21, 2011, 8:48 p.m. UTC 
From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>

Make sure to write the cleared MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK,
and MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN to the kernel state so that a freshly booted
guest cannot be disturbed by old values.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
CC: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>
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 target-i386/kvm.c |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/target-i386/kvm.c b/target-i386/kvm.c
index 454ddb1..825af42 100644
--- a/target-i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target-i386/kvm.c
@@ -845,6 +845,13 @@  static int kvm_put_msrs(CPUState *env, int level)
         if (smp_cpus == 1 || env->tsc != 0) {
             kvm_msr_entry_set(&msrs[n++], MSR_IA32_TSC, env->tsc);
         }
+    }
+    /*
+     * The following paravirtual MSRs have side effects on the guest or are
+     * too heavy for normal writeback. Limit them to reset or full state
+     * updates.
+     */
+    if (level >= KVM_PUT_RESET_STATE) {
         kvm_msr_entry_set(&msrs[n++], MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME,
                           env->system_time_msr);
         kvm_msr_entry_set(&msrs[n++], MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK, env->wall_clock_msr);