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authorJuergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>2017-04-13 09:37:20 +0200
committerJuergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>2017-05-02 11:14:24 +0200
commitd40342a2ac035444897e5952ea72a50440a2a028 (patch)
tree665a2fcc778d0628cc75f7c74d0d92064ba85703 /arch/x86/kernel
parent6807cf65f5ba6f2902ab64355d71506b9c14a9dd (diff)
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vmware: set cpu capabilities during platform initialization
There is no need to set the same capabilities for each cpu individually. This can be done for all cpus in platform initialization. Cc: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> Acked-by: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c39
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
index 22403a28caf5..40ed26852ebd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
@@ -113,6 +113,24 @@ static void __init vmware_paravirt_ops_setup(void)
#define vmware_paravirt_ops_setup() do {} while (0)
#endif
+/*
+ * VMware hypervisor takes care of exporting a reliable TSC to the guest.
+ * Still, due to timing difference when running on virtual cpus, the TSC can
+ * be marked as unstable in some cases. For example, the TSC sync check at
+ * bootup can fail due to a marginal offset between vcpus' TSCs (though the
+ * TSCs do not drift from each other). Also, the ACPI PM timer clocksource
+ * is not suitable as a watchdog when running on a hypervisor because the
+ * kernel may miss a wrap of the counter if the vcpu is descheduled for a
+ * long time. To skip these checks at runtime we set these capability bits,
+ * so that the kernel could just trust the hypervisor with providing a
+ * reliable virtual TSC that is suitable for timekeeping.
+ */
+static void __init vmware_set_capabilities(void)
+{
+ setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
+ setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE);
+}
+
static void __init vmware_platform_setup(void)
{
uint32_t eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
@@ -152,6 +170,8 @@ static void __init vmware_platform_setup(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
no_timer_check = 1;
#endif
+
+ vmware_set_capabilities();
}
/*
@@ -176,24 +196,6 @@ static uint32_t __init vmware_platform(void)
return 0;
}
-/*
- * VMware hypervisor takes care of exporting a reliable TSC to the guest.
- * Still, due to timing difference when running on virtual cpus, the TSC can
- * be marked as unstable in some cases. For example, the TSC sync check at
- * bootup can fail due to a marginal offset between vcpus' TSCs (though the
- * TSCs do not drift from each other). Also, the ACPI PM timer clocksource
- * is not suitable as a watchdog when running on a hypervisor because the
- * kernel may miss a wrap of the counter if the vcpu is descheduled for a
- * long time. To skip these checks at runtime we set these capability bits,
- * so that the kernel could just trust the hypervisor with providing a
- * reliable virtual TSC that is suitable for timekeeping.
- */
-static void vmware_set_cpu_features(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
- set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
- set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE);
-}
-
/* Checks if hypervisor supports x2apic without VT-D interrupt remapping. */
static bool __init vmware_legacy_x2apic_available(void)
{
@@ -206,7 +208,6 @@ static bool __init vmware_legacy_x2apic_available(void)
const __refconst struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_vmware = {
.name = "VMware",
.detect = vmware_platform,
- .set_cpu_features = vmware_set_cpu_features,
.init_platform = vmware_platform_setup,
.x2apic_available = vmware_legacy_x2apic_available,
};
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