When using Secure TSC, the GUEST_TSC_FREQ MSR reports a frequency based on the nominal P0 frequency, which deviates slightly (typically ~0.2%) from the actual mean TSC frequency due to clocking parameters. Over extended VM uptime, this discrepancy accumulates, causing clock skew between the hypervisor and SEV-SNP VM, leading to early timer interrupts as perceived by the guest.
The guest kernel relies on the reported nominal frequency for TSC-based timekeeping, while the actual frequency set during SNP_LAUNCH_START may differ. This mismatch results in inaccurate time calculations, causing the guest to perceive hrtimers as firing earlier than expected.
Utilize the TSC_FACTOR from the SEV firmware's secrets page (see "Secrets Page Format" in the SNP Firmware ABI Specification) to calculate the mean TSC frequency, ensuring accurate timekeeping and mitigating clock skew in SEV-SNP VMs.
Use early_ioremap_encrypted() to map the secrets page as ioremap_encrypted() uses kmalloc() which is not available during early TSC initialization and causes a panic.
Fixes: 73bbf3b0fbba ("x86/tsc: Init the TSC for Secure TSC guests") Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky thomas.lendacky@amd.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Nikunj A Dadhania nikunj@amd.com --- arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h | 5 ++++- arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h index 58e028d42e41..655d7e37bbcc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h @@ -282,8 +282,11 @@ struct snp_secrets_page { u8 svsm_guest_vmpl; u8 rsvd3[3];
+ /* The percentage decrease from nominal to mean TSC frequency. */ + u32 tsc_factor; + /* Remainder of page */ - u8 rsvd4[3744]; + u8 rsvd4[3740]; } __packed;
struct snp_msg_desc { diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c index b6db4e0b936b..ffd44712cec0 100644 --- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c @@ -2167,15 +2167,39 @@ static unsigned long securetsc_get_tsc_khz(void)
void __init snp_secure_tsc_init(void) { + struct snp_secrets_page *secrets; unsigned long long tsc_freq_mhz; + void *mem;
if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_SNP_SECURE_TSC)) return;
+ mem = early_memremap_encrypted(sev_secrets_pa, PAGE_SIZE); + if (!mem) { + pr_err("Unable to get TSC_FACTOR: failed to map the SNP secrets page.\n"); + sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_LINUX, GHCB_TERM_SECURE_TSC); + } + + secrets = (__force struct snp_secrets_page *)mem; + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ); rdmsrq(MSR_AMD64_GUEST_TSC_FREQ, tsc_freq_mhz); snp_tsc_freq_khz = (unsigned long)(tsc_freq_mhz * 1000);
+ /* + * Obtain the mean TSC frequency by decreasing the nominal TSC frequency with + * TSC_FACTOR as documented in the SNP Firmware ABI specification: + * + * GUEST_TSC_FREQ * (1 - (TSC_FACTOR * 0.00001)) + * + * which is equivalent to: + * + * GUEST_TSC_FREQ -= (GUEST_TSC_FREQ * TSC_FACTOR) / 100000; + */ + snp_tsc_freq_khz -= (snp_tsc_freq_khz * secrets->tsc_factor) / 100000; + x86_platform.calibrate_cpu = securetsc_get_tsc_khz; x86_platform.calibrate_tsc = securetsc_get_tsc_khz; + + early_memunmap(mem, PAGE_SIZE); }
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