linux-kernel - [ 19/69] xen/setup: filter APERFMPERF cpuid feature out

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Message-Id: <20120617175944.046512526@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:00:00 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: [ 19/69] xen/setup: filter APERFMPERF cpuid feature out

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>

commit 5e626254206a709c6e937f3dda69bf26c7344f6f upstream.

Xen PV kernels allow access to the APERF/MPERF registers to read the
effective frequency. Access to the MSRs is however redirected to the
currently scheduled physical CPU, making consecutive read and
compares unreliable. In addition each rdmsr traps into the hypervisor.
So to avoid bogus readouts and expensive traps, disable the kernel
internal feature flag for APERF/MPERF if running under Xen.
This will
a) remove the aperfmperf flag from /proc/cpuinfo
b) not mislead the power scheduler (arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sched.c) to
   use the feature to improve scheduling (by default disabled)
c) not mislead the cpufreq driver to use the MSRs

This does not cover userland programs which access the MSRs via the
device file interface, but this will be addressed separately.

Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@
 	       xen_feature(XENFEAT_mmu_pt_update_preserve_ad) ? " (preserve-AD)" : "");
 }

+#define CPUID_THERM_POWER_LEAF 6
+#define APERFMPERF_PRESENT 0
+
 static __read_mostly unsigned int cpuid_leaf1_edx_mask = ~0;
 static __read_mostly unsigned int cpuid_leaf1_ecx_mask = ~0;

@@ -218,6 +221,11 @@
 		maskedx = cpuid_leaf1_edx_mask;
 		break;

+	case CPUID_THERM_POWER_LEAF:
+		/* Disabling APERFMPERF for kernel usage */
+		maskecx = ~(1 << APERFMPERF_PRESENT);
+		break;
+
 	case 0xb:
 		/* Suppress extended topology stuff */
 		maskebx = 0;

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