[focal:linux-azure][SRU][PATCH v2 4/4] clocksource/drivers/hyper-v: Set TSC clocksource as default w/ InvariantTSC

Kelsey Skunberg kelsey.skunberg at canonical.com
Wed Aug 12 18:42:46 UTC 2020


From: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea at gmail.com>

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1875467

Change the Hyper-V clocksource ratings to 250, below the TSC clocksource
rating of 300.  In configurations where Hyper-V offers an InvariantTSC,
the TSC is not marked "unstable", so the TSC clocksource is available
and preferred.  With the higher rating, it will be the default.  On
older hardware and Hyper-V versions, the TSC is marked "unstable", so no
TSC clocksource is created and the selected Hyper-V clocksource will be
the default.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea at gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley at microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200109160650.16150-3-parri.andrea@gmail.com
(backported from commit 9e0333ae38eeb42249e10f95d209244a6e22ac9f)
[KelseyS: context changes to allow backporting]
Signed-off-by: Kelsey Skunberg <kelsey.skunberg at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c
index 3325ec9bc67e..038539ab019a 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c
@@ -302,6 +302,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_stimer_global_cleanup);
  * the other that uses the TSC reference page feature as defined in the
  * TLFS.  The MSR version is for compatibility with old versions of
  * Hyper-V and 32-bit x86.  The TSC reference page version is preferred.
+ *
+ * The Hyper-V clocksource ratings of 250 are chosen to be below the
+ * TSC clocksource rating of 300.  In configurations where Hyper-V offers
+ * an InvariantTSC, the TSC is not marked "unstable", so the TSC clocksource
+ * is available and preferred.  With the higher rating, it will be the
+ * default.  On older hardware and Hyper-V versions, the TSC is marked
+ * "unstable", so no TSC clocksource is created and the selected Hyper-V
+ * clocksource will be the default.
  */
 
 struct clocksource *hyperv_cs;
@@ -356,7 +364,7 @@ static void resume_hv_clock_tsc(struct clocksource *arg)
 
 static struct clocksource hyperv_cs_tsc = {
 	.name	= "hyperv_clocksource_tsc_page",
-	.rating	= 400,
+	.rating	= 250,
 	.read	= read_hv_clock_tsc,
 	.mask	= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
 	.flags	= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
@@ -384,7 +392,7 @@ static u64 read_hv_sched_clock_msr(void)
 
 static struct clocksource hyperv_cs_msr = {
 	.name	= "hyperv_clocksource_msr",
-	.rating	= 400,
+	.rating	= 250,
 	.read	= read_hv_clock_msr,
 	.mask	= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
 	.flags	= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
-- 
2.25.1




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