Re: [PATCH v6 0/4] Enable Secure TSC for SEV-SNP

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On 6/26/2025 3:55 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:02:09 +0530, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote:
>> The hypervisor controls TSC value calculations for the guest. A malicious
>> hypervisor can prevent the guest from progressing. The Secure TSC feature for
>> SEV-SNP allows guests to securely use the RDTSC and RDTSCP instructions. This
>> ensures the guest has a consistent view of time and prevents a malicious
>> hypervisor from manipulating time, such as making it appear to move backward or
>> advance too quickly. For more details, refer to the "Secure Nested Paging
>> (SEV-SNP)" section, subsection "Secure TSC" in APM Volume 2.
>>
>> [...]
> 
> Applied patch 2 to kvm-x86 fixes.  

Thanks Sean.

> I'll wait for v7 to grab the others (and stating the obvious, not for 6.16).

Sure will send a v7 on top of kvm-x86 changes along with the suggested changes.

> [2/4] KVM: SVM: Add missing member in SNP_LAUNCH_START command structure
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/51a4273dcab3

Regards
Nikunj




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