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authorJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>2011-01-21 21:48:14 +0100
committerMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2011-01-23 02:27:21 -0200
commitff5c186b8b6169bf25a6f30670a75fb9d4c945e3 (patch)
tree89dab1f74ae6d2b095991c9d24e19ae7d5724568 /target-i386
parentc3a3a7d356c4df2fe145037172ae52cba5f545a5 (diff)
kvm: x86: Reset paravirtual MSRs
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> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'target-i386')
-rw-r--r--target-i386/kvm.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/target-i386/kvm.c b/target-i386/kvm.c
index 454ddb182..825af428d 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);