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authorJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>2011-09-12 14:10:22 +0200
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2011-09-25 19:52:44 +0300
commit9bc5791d4aa78b72abd76f506c0a391a54abc4d1 (patch)
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KVM: x86: Add module parameter for lapic periodic timer limit
Certain guests, specifically RTOSes, request faster periodic timers than what we allow by default. Add a module parameter to adjust the limit for non-standard setups. Also add a rate-limited warning in case the guest requested more. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 4b53b811d1c1..2fb20caae5d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
#define VEC_POS(v) ((v) & (32 - 1))
#define REG_POS(v) (((v) >> 5) << 4)
+static unsigned int min_timer_period_us = 500;
+module_param(min_timer_period_us, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+
static inline u32 apic_get_reg(struct kvm_lapic *apic, int reg_off)
{
return *((u32 *) (apic->regs + reg_off));
@@ -677,8 +680,16 @@ static void start_apic_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
* scheduler.
*/
if (apic_lvtt_period(apic)) {
- if (apic->lapic_timer.period < NSEC_PER_MSEC/2)
- apic->lapic_timer.period = NSEC_PER_MSEC/2;
+ s64 min_period = min_timer_period_us * 1000LL;
+
+ if (apic->lapic_timer.period < min_period) {
+ pr_info_ratelimited(
+ "kvm: vcpu %i: requested %lld ns "
+ "lapic timer period limited to %lld ns\n",
+ apic->vcpu->vcpu_id, apic->lapic_timer.period,
+ min_period);
+ apic->lapic_timer.period = min_period;
+ }
}
hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer,