linux.git/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c, branch v4.11

x86/vmware: Remove duplicate inclusion of asm/timer.h

2017-03-01T09:51:40+00:00

Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida 
Cc: akataria@vmware.com
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170227122922.26230-1-standby24x7@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

Merge branch 'x86-platform-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2016-12-12T23:29:06+00:00

Pull x86 platform updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Two changes:

   - implement various VMWare guest OS improvements/fixes (Alexey
     Makhalov)

   - unexport a spurious export from the intel-mid platform driver
     (Lukas Wunner)"

* 'x86-platform-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/vmware: Add paravirt sched clock
  x86/vmware: Add basic paravirt ops support
  x86/vmware: Use tsc_khz value for calibrate_cpu()
  x86/platform/intel-mid: Unexport intel_mid_pci_set_power_state()
  x86/vmware: Read tsc_khz only once at boot time

x86/vmware: Add paravirt sched clock

2016-10-30T07:57:08+00:00

The default sched_clock() implementation is native_sched_clock(). It
contains code to handle non constant frequency TSCs, which creates
overhead for systems with constant frequency TSCs.

The vmware hypervisor guarantees a constant frequency TSC, so
native_sched_clock() is not required and slower than a dedicated function
which operates with one time calculated conversion factors.

Calculate the conversion factors at boot time from the tsc frequency and
install an optimized sched_clock() function via paravirt ops.

The paravirtualized clock can be disabled on the kernel command line with
the new 'no-vmw-sched-clock' option.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Makhalov 
Acked-by: Alok N Kataria 
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pv-drivers@vmware.com
Cc: corbet@lwn.net
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161028075432.90579-4-amakhalov@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

x86/vmware: Add basic paravirt ops support

2016-10-30T07:57:07+00:00

Add basic paravirt support:

 1. Set pv_info.name to "VMware hypervisor" to have proper boot log message
	Booting paravirtualized kernel on VMware hypervisor
    instead of "... on bare hardware"

 2. Set pv_cpu_ops.io_delay() to empty function - paravirt_noop() to
    avoid vm-exits on IO delays because io delays they are not required.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Makhalov 
Acked-by: Alok N Kataria 
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pv-drivers@vmware.com
Cc: corbet@lwn.net
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161028075432.90579-3-amakhalov@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

x86/vmware: Use tsc_khz value for calibrate_cpu()

2016-10-30T07:57:07+00:00

Commit aa297292d708 ("x86/tsc: Enumerate SKL cpu_khz and tsc_khz via
CPUID") separated the calibration mechanisms for cpu_khz and tsc_khz.

Since the vmware hypervisor provides a constant frequency TSC to the guest,
this change can lead to divergence between the tsc and the cpu frequency
after vmotion, which might confuse the user.

Solve this by overriding the x86 platform cpu calibration callback with the
vmware specific tsc calibration function.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Makhalov 
Acked-by: Alok N Kataria 
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pv-drivers@vmware.com
Cc: corbet@lwn.net
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161028075432.90579-2-amakhalov@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

x86/vmware: Read tsc_khz only once at boot time

2016-10-21T08:12:11+00:00

Re-factor the vmware platform setup code to query the hypervisor for tsc
frequency only once during boot. Since the VMware hypervisor guarantees
constant TSC, calibrate_tsc now uses the saved value.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Makhalov 
Acked-by: Alok N Kataria 
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161020050211.GA25304@amakhalov-virtual-machine
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

x86/vmware: Skip timer_irq_works() check on VMware

2016-10-19T15:36:33+00:00

The timer_irq_works() boot check may sometimes fail in a VM, when
the Host is overcommitted or when the Guest is running nested.

Since the intended check is unnecessary on VMware's virtual
hardware, by-pass it.

Signed-off-by: Renat Valiullin 
Acked-by: Alok N Kataria 
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161013184539.GA11497@rvaliullin-vm
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

x86/vmware: Skip lapic calibration on VMware

2016-10-05T09:43:30+00:00

In a virtualized environment the APIC timer calibration can go wrong when
the host is overcommitted or the guest is running nested. This results
in the APIC timers operating at an incorrect frequency.

Since VMware supports a mechanism to retrieve the local APIC frequency we
can ask the hypervisor for it and skip the APIC calibration loop.

Signed-off-by: Renat Valiullin 
Acked-by: Alok N Kataria 
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161004201148.GA1421@uu64vm
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

x86/kernel: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h

2016-07-14T13:06:41+00:00

Historically a lot of these existed because we did not have
a distinction between what was modular code and what was providing
support to modules via EXPORT_SYMBOL and friends.  That changed
when we forked out support for the latter into the export.h file.

This means we should be able to reduce the usage of module.h
in code that is obj-y Makefile or bool Kconfig.  The advantage
in doing so is that module.h itself sources about 15 other headers;
adding significantly to what we feed cpp, and it can obscure what
headers we are effectively using.

Since module.h was the source for init.h (for __init) and for
export.h (for EXPORT_SYMBOL) we consider each obj-y/bool instance
for the presence of either and replace as needed.  Build testing
revealed some implicit header usage that was fixed up accordingly.

Note that some bool/obj-y instances remain since module.h is
the header for some exception table entry stuff, and for things
like __init_or_module (code that is tossed when MODULES=n).

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160714001901.31603-4-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

x86/cpufeature: Remove cpu_has_hypervisor

2016-03-31T11:35:07+00:00

Use boot_cpu_has() instead.

Tested-by: David Kershner 
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: sparmaintainer@unisys.com
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1459266123-21878-3-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar