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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c index d5d1b75a4b77..2ac4394fcb90 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c @@ -86,3 +86,21 @@ unsigned long vmware_get_tsc_khz(void) BUG_ON(!vmware_platform()); return __vmware_get_tsc_khz(); } + +/* + * 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. + */ +void __cpuinit vmware_set_feature_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) +{ + set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC); + set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE); +} |