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x86/vmware: Skip timer_irq_works() check on VMware

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The timer_irq_works() boot check may sometimes fail in a VM, when
the Host is overcommitted or when the Guest is running nested.

Since the intended check is unnecessary on VMware's virtual
hardware, by-pass it.

Signed-off-by: Renat Valiullin <rvaliullin@vmware.com>
Acked-by: Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161013184539.GA11497@rvaliullin-vm
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Renat Valiullin 2016-10-13 11:45:39 -07:00 committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent 1a1891d762
commit 854dd54245
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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
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@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <asm/div64.h>
#include <asm/x86_init.h>
#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
#include <asm/timer.h>
#include <asm/apic.h>
#define CPUID_VMWARE_INFO_LEAF 0x40000000
@ -94,6 +95,10 @@ static void __init vmware_platform_setup(void)
} else {
pr_warn("Failed to get TSC freq from the hypervisor\n");
}
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
no_timer_check = 1;
#endif
}
/*