linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] clocksource/hyperv: Set TSC clocksource as default w/ InvariantTSC

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Date:   Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:30:54 +0100
From:   Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "K . Y . Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] clocksource/hyperv: Set TSC clocksource as default w/ InvariantTSC

Change the Hyper-V clocksource ratings to 250, below the TSC clocksource
rating of 300.  In configurations where Hyper-V offers an InvariantTSC,
the TSC is not marked "unstable", so the TSC clocksource is available
and preferred.  With the higher rating, it will be the default.  On
older hardware and Hyper-V versions, the TSC is marked "unstable", so no
TSC clocksource is created and the selected Hyper-V clocksource will be
the default.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
---
 drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c
index 0eb528db4822d..6a92f945916d4 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c
@@ -302,6 +302,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_stimer_global_cleanup);
  * the other that uses the TSC reference page feature as defined in the
  * TLFS.  The MSR version is for compatibility with old versions of
  * Hyper-V and 32-bit x86.  The TSC reference page version is preferred.
+ *
+ * The Hyper-V clocksource ratings of 250 are chosen to be below the
+ * TSC clocksource rating of 300.  In configurations where Hyper-V offers
+ * an InvariantTSC, the TSC is not marked "unstable", so the TSC clocksource
+ * is available and preferred.  With the higher rating, it will be the
+ * default.  On older hardware and Hyper-V versions, the TSC is marked
+ * "unstable", so no TSC clocksource is created and the selected Hyper-V
+ * clocksource will be the default.
  */
 
 u64 (*hv_read_reference_counter)(void);
@@ -340,7 +348,7 @@ static u64 read_hv_sched_clock_tsc(void)
 
 static struct clocksource hyperv_cs_tsc = {
 	.name	= "hyperv_clocksource_tsc_page",
-	.rating	= 400,
+	.rating	= 250,
 	.read	= read_hv_clock_tsc_cs,
 	.mask	= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
 	.flags	= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
@@ -370,7 +378,7 @@ static u64 read_hv_sched_clock_msr(void)
 
 static struct clocksource hyperv_cs_msr = {
 	.name	= "hyperv_clocksource_msr",
-	.rating	= 400,
+	.rating	= 250,
 	.read	= read_hv_clock_msr_cs,
 	.mask	= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
 	.flags	= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
-- 
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