linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/kvm: Don't waste kvmclock memory if there is nopv parameter

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Date:   Tue,  8 Mar 2022 00:18:49 -0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/kvm: Don't waste kvmclock memory if there is nopv parameter

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>

When the "nopv" command line parameter is used, it should not waste 
memory for kvmclock.

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index c5caa73..16333ba 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static void __init kvmclock_init_mem(void)
 
 static int __init kvm_setup_vsyscall_timeinfo(void)
 {
-	if (!kvm_para_available() || !kvmclock)
+	if (!kvm_para_available() || !kvmclock || nopv)
 		return 0;
 
 	kvmclock_init_mem();
-- 
2.7.4