linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 1/2] X86/Hyper-V: Add Guest IDLE MSR support

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Message-Id: <1538028104-114050-2-git-send-email-yi.y.sun@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Sep 2018 14:01:43 +0800
From:   Yi Sun <yi.y.sun@...ux.intel.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, chao.p.peng@...el.com,
        chao.gao@...el.com, isaku.yamahata@...el.com,
        michael.h.kelley@...rosoft.com, tianyu.lan@...rosoft.com,
        Yi Sun <yi.y.sun@...ux.intel.com>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] X86/Hyper-V: Add Guest IDLE MSR support

Hyper-V may expose a HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_IDLE MSR. We can read
HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES eax to check it. Read this MSR can
trigger the guest's transition to the idle power state which
can be exited by an IPI even if IF flag is disabled.

Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Yi Sun <yi.y.sun@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
index 00e01d2..4139f76 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #define HV_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT_AVAILABLE		(1 << 1)
 /* Partition reference TSC MSR is available */
 #define HV_MSR_REFERENCE_TSC_AVAILABLE		(1 << 9)
+/* Partition Guest IDLE MSR is available */
+#define HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_IDLE_AVAILABLE		(1 << 10)
 
 /* A partition's reference time stamp counter (TSC) page */
 #define HV_X64_MSR_REFERENCE_TSC		0x40000021
@@ -246,6 +248,9 @@
 #define HV_X64_MSR_STIMER3_CONFIG		0x400000B6
 #define HV_X64_MSR_STIMER3_COUNT		0x400000B7
 
+/* Hyper-V guest idle MSR */
+#define HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_IDLE			0x400000F0
+
 /* Hyper-V guest crash notification MSR's */
 #define HV_X64_MSR_CRASH_P0			0x40000100
 #define HV_X64_MSR_CRASH_P1			0x40000101
-- 
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