From: Jason Wang Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:30:29 +0000 (+0800) Subject: x86, hyperv: Bypass the timer_irq_works() check X-Git-Tag: v3.15-rc1~171^2 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ca3ba2a2f4a49a308e7d78c784d51b2332064f15;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git x86, hyperv: Bypass the timer_irq_works() check This patch bypass the timer_irq_works() check for hyperv guest since: - It was guaranteed to work. - timer_irq_works() may fail sometime due to the lpj calibration were inaccurate in a hyperv guest or a buggy host. In the future, we should get the tsc frequency from hypervisor and use preset lpj instead. [ hpa: I would prefer to not defer things to "the future" in the future... ] Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan Cc: Haiyang Zhang Cc: Acked-by: K. Y. Srinivasan Signed-off-by: Jason Wang Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1393558229-14755-1-git-send-email-jasowang@redhat.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c index 9f7ca266864..832d05a914b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include struct ms_hyperv_info ms_hyperv; EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ms_hyperv); @@ -105,6 +106,11 @@ static void __init ms_hyperv_init_platform(void) if (ms_hyperv.features & HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT_AVAILABLE) clocksource_register_hz(&hyperv_cs, NSEC_PER_SEC/100); + +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC + no_timer_check = 1; +#endif + } const __refconst struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_ms_hyperv = {