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Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:57:16 -0800
From:	"tip-bot for K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	kys@...rosoft.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:x86/hyperv] X86:
  Add a check to catch Xen emulation of Hyper-V

Commit-ID:  db34bbb767bdfa1ebed7214b876fe01c5b7ee457
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/db34bbb767bdfa1ebed7214b876fe01c5b7ee457
Author:     K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
AuthorDate: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 17:22:38 -0800
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:27:03 -0800

X86: Add a check to catch Xen emulation of Hyper-V

Xen emulates Hyper-V to host enlightened Windows. Looks like this
emulation may be turned on by default even for Linux guests. Check and
fail Hyper-V detection if we are on Xen.

[ hpa: the problem here is that Xen doesn't emulate Hyper-V well
  enough, and if the Xen support isn't compiled in, we end up stubling
  over the Hyper-V emulation and try to activate it -- and it fails. ]

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359940959-32168-2-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
index 646d192..4dab317 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ static bool __init ms_hyperv_platform(void)
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
 		return false;
 
+	/*
+	 * Xen emulates Hyper-V to support enlightened Windows.
+	 * Check to see first if we are on a Xen Hypervisor.
+	 */
+	if (xen_cpuid_base())
+		return false;
+
 	cpuid(HYPERV_CPUID_VENDOR_AND_MAX_FUNCTIONS,
 	      &eax, &hyp_signature[0], &hyp_signature[1], &hyp_signature[2]);
 
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