linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] show hypervisor information on sysfs

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Date:	Fri,  6 Feb 2009 10:46:57 -0500
From:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com>
To:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, avi@...hat.com,
	akataria@...are.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] show hypervisor information on sysfs

It is useful to easily grab information about whether or not
we're running on top of a hypervisor. And in case affirmative,
which one.

This patch shows it in /sys/hypervisor (and as a site effect, allow
it to be directly selectable).

Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h |    1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c  |    2 ++
 drivers/base/Kconfig              |    2 +-
 drivers/base/hypervisor.c         |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
index 369f5c5..5a9cc18 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@
 
 extern unsigned long get_hypervisor_tsc_freq(void);
 extern void init_hypervisor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
+extern void set_hypervisor_name(const char *name);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
index ee1b228..29cf98c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ detect_hypervisor_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	if (vmware_platform()) {
 		c->x86_hyper_vendor = X86_HYPER_VENDOR_VMWARE;
+		set_hypervisor_name("VMware");
 	} else if (kvm_para_available()) {
 		c->x86_hyper_vendor = X86_HYPER_VENDOR_KVM;
+		set_hypervisor_name("KVM");
 	} else {
 		c->x86_hyper_vendor = X86_HYPER_VENDOR_NONE;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 8f006f9..209e03a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ config DEBUG_DEVRES
 	  If you are unsure about this, Say N here.
 
 config SYS_HYPERVISOR
-	bool
+	bool "/sys/hypervisor interface"
 	default n
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/base/hypervisor.c b/drivers/base/hypervisor.c
index 6428cba..dcf6f25 100644
--- a/drivers/base/hypervisor.c
+++ b/drivers/base/hypervisor.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) IBM Corp. 2006
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Novell Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Glauber Costa, Red Hat Inc.
  *
  * This file is released under the GPLv2
  */
@@ -15,10 +16,43 @@
 struct kobject *hypervisor_kobj;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hypervisor_kobj);
 
+static const char *hv_string;
+
+static inline const char *get_hypervisor_name(void)
+{
+	if (!hv_string)
+		return "none";
+	else
+		return hv_string;
+}
+
+void set_hypervisor_name(const char *name)
+{
+	hv_string = name;
+}
+
+static ssize_t hyper_name_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+			       struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", get_hypervisor_name());
+}
+
+static struct kobj_attribute hyper_name_attr =
+	__ATTR(hypervisor_name, S_IRUGO, hyper_name_show, NULL);
+
+
 int __init hypervisor_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
 	hypervisor_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("hypervisor", NULL);
 	if (!hypervisor_kobj)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = sysfs_create_file(hypervisor_kobj, &hyper_name_attr.attr);
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "could not create hyper_name file\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.5.6.5

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