kernel.git/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c, branch linux-2.6.30.y

x86: vmware - fix sparse warnings

2008-11-23T10:02:36Z

Impact: fix sparse build warning Fix the following sparse warnings: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c:69:5: warning: symbol 'vmware_platform' was not declared. Should it be static? arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c:89:15: warning: symbol 'vmware_get_tsc_khz' was not declared. Should it be static? arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c:107:16: warning: symbol 'vmware_set_feature_bits' was not declared. Should it be static? Signed-off-by: Hannes Eder Cc: "Alok N Kataria" Cc: "Dan Hecht" Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

x86: vmware: look for DMI string in the product serial key

2008-11-04T21:59:00Z

Impact: Should permit VMware detection on older platforms where the vendor is changed. Could theoretically cause a regression if some weird serial number scheme contains the string "VMware" by pure chance. Seems unlikely, especially with the mixed case. In some user configured cases, VMware may choose not to put a VMware specific DMI string, but the product serial key is always there and is VMware specific. Add a interface to check the serial key, when checking for VMware in the DMI information. Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

x86: VMware: Fix vmware_get_tsc code

2008-11-03T19:35:57Z

Impact: Fix possible failure to calibrate the TSC on Vmware near 4 GHz The current version of the code to get the tsc frequency from the VMware hypervisor, will be broken on processor with frequency (4G-1) HZ, because on such processors eax will have UINT_MAX and that would be legitimate. We instead check that EBX did change to decide if we were able to read the frequency from the hypervisor. Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

x86: Add a synthetic TSC_RELIABLE feature bit.

2008-11-02T01:58:01Z

Impact: Changes timebase calibration on Vmware. Use the synthetic TSC_RELIABLE bit to workaround virtualization anomalies. Virtual TSCs can be kept nearly in sync, but because the virtual TSC offset is set by software, it's not perfect. So, the TSC synchronization test can fail. Even then the TSC can be used as a clocksource since the VMware platform exports a reliable TSC to the guest for timekeeping purposes. Use this bit to check if we need to skip the TSC sync checks. Along with this also set the CONSTANT_TSC bit when on VMware, since we still want to use TSC as clocksource on VM running over hardware which has unsynchronized TSC's (opteron's), since the hypervisor will take care of providing consistent TSC to the guest. Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria Signed-off-by: Dan Hecht Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

x86: Hypervisor detection and get tsc_freq from hypervisor

2008-11-02T01:57:08Z

Impact: Changes timebase calibration on Vmware. v3->v2 : Abstract the hypervisor detection and feature (tsc_freq) request behind a hypervisor.c file v2->v1 : Add a x86_hyper_vendor field to the cpuinfo_x86 structure. This avoids multiple calls to the hypervisor detection function. This patch adds function to detect if we are running under VMware. The current way to check if we are on VMware is following, # check if "hypervisor present bit" is set, if so read the 0x40000000 cpuid leaf and check for "VMwareVMware" signature. # if the above fails, check the DMI vendors name for "VMware" string if we find one we query the VMware hypervisor port to check if we are under VMware. The DMI + "VMware hypervisor port check" is needed for older VMware products, which don't implement the hypervisor signature cpuid leaf. Also note that since we are checking for the DMI signature the hypervisor port should never be accessed on native hardware. This patch also adds a hypervisor_get_tsc_freq function, instead of calibrating the frequency which can be error prone in virtualized environment, we ask the hypervisor for it. We get the frequency from the hypervisor by accessing the hypervisor port if we are running on VMware. Other hypervisors too can add code to the generic routine to get frequency on their platform. Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria Signed-off-by: Dan Hecht Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin