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1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/time.c b/arch/x86/xen/time.c
index 6b8836deb738..1d597364b49d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/time.c
@@ -482,15 +482,51 @@ static void xen_setup_vsyscall_time_info(void)
xen_clocksource.vdso_clock_mode = VDSO_CLOCKMODE_PVCLOCK;
}
+/*
+ * Check if it is possible to safely use the tsc as a clocksource. This is
+ * only true if the hypervisor notifies the guest that its tsc is invariant,
+ * the tsc is stable, and the tsc instruction will never be emulated.
+ */
+static int __init xen_tsc_safe_clocksource(void)
+{
+ u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+
+ if (!(boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC)))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!(boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC)))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (check_tsc_unstable())
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Leaf 4, sub-leaf 0 (0x40000x03) */
+ cpuid_count(xen_cpuid_base() + 3, 0, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+
+ /* tsc_mode = no_emulate (2) */
+ if (ebx != 2)
+ return 0;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
static void __init xen_time_init(void)
{
struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *pvti;
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
struct timespec64 tp;
- /* As Dom0 is never moved, no penalty on using TSC there */
+ /*
+ * As Dom0 is never moved, no penalty on using TSC there.
+ *
+ * If it is possible for the guest to determine that the tsc is a safe
+ * clocksource, then set xen_clocksource rating below that of the tsc
+ * so that the system prefers tsc instead.
+ */
if (xen_initial_domain())
xen_clocksource.rating = 275;
+ else if (xen_tsc_safe_clocksource())
+ xen_clocksource.rating = 299;
clocksource_register_hz(&xen_clocksource, NSEC_PER_SEC);