Have vmware guests skip the refined TSC calibration when the TSC

frequency has been retrieved from the hypervisor.
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Merge tag 'x86_vmware_for_v5.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 vmware guest update from Borislav Petkov:
 "Have vmware guests skip the refined TSC calibration when the TSC
  frequency has been retrieved from the hypervisor"

* tag 'x86_vmware_for_v5.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/vmware: Avoid TSC recalibration when frequency is known
This commit is contained in:
Linus Torvalds 2021-04-26 09:13:43 -07:00
commit 47e12f1410

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@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ static void __init vmware_set_capabilities(void)
{
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE);
if (vmware_tsc_khz)
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ);
if (vmware_hypercall_mode == CPUID_VMWARE_FEATURES_ECX_VMCALL)
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_VMCALL);
else if (vmware_hypercall_mode == CPUID_VMWARE_FEATURES_ECX_VMMCALL)