linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/vmware: Skip lapic calibration on VMware.

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Message-ID: <9FDEBA6F-7CB2-4637-BFC7-EA336B97EDAD@vmware.com>
Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:51:26 +0000
From:   Renat Valiullin <rvaliullin@...are.com>
To:     Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/vmware: Skip lapic calibration on VMware.

In virtualized environment the APIC timer calibration could go wrong
when the host is overcommitted or the guest is running nested,
this would result in the APIC timers operating at an incorrect frequency.
Since VMware supports a mechanism to retrieve the local APIC frequency
we can ask the hypervisor for it and skip this APIC calibration loop.

Signed-off-by: Renat Valiullin <rvaliullin@...are.com>
Acked-by: Alok N Kataria <akataria@...are.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
index 1ff0598..6316240 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <asm/div64.h>
 #include <asm/x86_init.h>
 #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
+#include <asm/apic.h>

 #define CPUID_VMWARE_INFO_LEAF 0x40000000
 #define VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_MAGIC        0x564D5868
@@ -82,9 +83,15 @@ static void __init vmware_platform_setup(void)

        VMWARE_PORT(GETHZ, eax, ebx, ecx, edx);

-       if (ebx != UINT_MAX)
+       if (ebx != UINT_MAX) {
                x86_platform.calibrate_tsc = vmware_get_tsc_khz;
-       else
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
+               /* Skip lapic calibration since we know the bus frequency. */
+               lapic_timer_frequency = ecx / HZ;
+               pr_info("Host bus clock speed read from hypervisor : %u Hz\n",
+                       ecx);
+#endif
+       } else
                pr_warn("Failed to get TSC freq from the hypervisor\n");
 }

-- 
2.7.4