[SRU][Bionic][Cosmic][PATCH 0/1] x86/kvm: fix LAPIC timer drift when guest uses periodic
Joseph Salisbury
joseph.salisbury at canonical.com
Fri Jun 29 13:22:52 UTC 2018
BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778486
== SRU Justification ==
This patch fixes a regression introduced by mainline commit
8003c9ae204e in v4.10. Without this new patch, OpenBSD guests encounter
timing issues when running under bionic kernel.
See also:
https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg161311.html
== Fix ==
d8f2f498d9ed ("x86/kvm: fix LAPIC timer drift when guest uses periodic mode")
== Regression Potential ==
Low. This fixes a current regression.
== Test Case ==
A test kernel was built with this patch and tested by the original bug reporter.
The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug.
David Vrabel (1):
x86/kvm: fix LAPIC timer drift when guest uses periodic mode
arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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2.17.1
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