[PATCH] x86/vmware: avoid TSC recalibration

From: Alexey Makhalov
Date: Mon Jan 04 2021 - 20:05:21 EST


When TSC frequency is known (retrieved from hypervisor), we should skip
TSC refined calibration by setting X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
index c6ede3b3d302..83164110ccc5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ static void __init vmware_set_capabilities(void)
{
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE);
+ if (vmware_tsc_khz)
+ setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ);
if (vmware_hypercall_mode == CPUID_VMWARE_FEATURES_ECX_VMCALL)
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_VMCALL);
else if (vmware_hypercall_mode == CPUID_VMWARE_FEATURES_ECX_VMMCALL)
--
2.11.0