linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpufreq/intel_pstate: Add function to check that all MSR's are valid

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Message-Id: <1363796244-6658-1-git-send-email-dirk.brandewie@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:17:24 -0700
From:	dirk.brandewie@...il.com
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@...il.com>,
	Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq/intel_pstate: Add function to check that all MSR's are valid

From: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@...il.com>

Some VMs seem to try to implement some MSRs but not all the registers
the driver needs.  Check to make sure all the MSR that we need are
available. If any of the required MSRs are not available refuse to
load.

Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index f6dd1e7..cd9c5f4 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -752,6 +752,29 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver intel_pstate_driver = {
 
 static int __initdata no_load;
 
+static int intel_pstate_msrs_not_valid(void)
+{
+	/* Check that all the msr's we are using are valid. */
+	u64 aperf, mperf, tmp;
+
+	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, aperf);
+	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, mperf);
+
+	if (!intel_pstate_min_pstate() ||
+		!intel_pstate_max_pstate() ||
+		!intel_pstate_turbo_pstate())
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, tmp);
+	if (!(tmp - aperf))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, tmp);
+	if (!(tmp - mperf))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return 0;
+}
 static int __init intel_pstate_init(void)
 {
 	int cpu, rc = 0;
@@ -764,6 +787,9 @@ static int __init intel_pstate_init(void)
 	if (!id)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (intel_pstate_msrs_not_valid())
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	pr_info("Intel P-state driver initializing.\n");
 
 	all_cpu_data = vmalloc(sizeof(void *) * num_possible_cpus());
-- 
1.7.7.6

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