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Date:   Sat, 10 Apr 2021 17:38:53 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] x86/tsc: add a timer to make sure tsc_adjust is always
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On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 10:48:56PM +0800, Feng Tang wrote:
> And the bigger risk is still BIOS's writing to TSC_ADJUST MSR beneath
> kernel.

For that we need to do more persuasive work with hw guys. Needs a *lot*
of perseverance.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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