linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v1 05/18] clocksource/hyperv: use MSR-based access if running as root

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Date:   Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:10:04 +0200
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Linux on Hyper-V List <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Vineeth Pillai <viremana@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Sunil Muthuswamy <sunilmut@...rosoft.com>,
        Nuno Das Neves <nudasnev@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v1 05/18] clocksource/hyperv: use MSR-based access if running as root

Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c
> index 09aa44cb8a91..fe96082ce85e 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c
> @@ -426,6 +426,9 @@ static bool __init hv_init_tsc_clocksource(void)
>  	if (!(ms_hyperv.features & HV_MSR_REFERENCE_TSC_AVAILABLE))
>  		return false;
>  
> +	if (hv_root_partition)
> +		return false;
> +

Out of pure curiosity,

TSC page clocksource seems to be available to the root partition (as
HV_MSR_REFERENCE_TSC_AVAILABLE is set), why don't we use it? (I
understand that with TSC scaling support in modern CPUs even migration
is a no-issue and we can use raw TSC but this all seems to be
independent from root/non-root partition question).

>  	hv_read_reference_counter = read_hv_clock_tsc;
>  	phys_addr = virt_to_phys(hv_get_tsc_page());

-- 
Vitaly