x86/xen/time: set pvclock flags on xen_time_init()
authorJoao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
Wed, 8 Nov 2017 17:19:56 +0000 (17:19 +0000)
committerBoris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Wed, 8 Nov 2017 21:33:14 +0000 (16:33 -0500)
Specifically check for PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT and if this bit is set,
then set it too on pvclock flags. This allows Xen clocksource to use it
and thus speeding up xen_clocksource_read() callers (i.e. sched_clock())

Signed-off-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
arch/x86/xen/time.c

index 244791ff8201570d436ff04c351398fe39c7fc8a..c96e61fd70e786eaed81a779e9505052c1621829 100644 (file)
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ static const struct pv_time_ops xen_time_ops __initconst = {
 
 static void __init xen_time_init(void)
 {
+       struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *pvti;
        int cpu = smp_processor_id();
        struct timespec tp;
 
@@ -395,6 +396,14 @@ static void __init xen_time_init(void)
 
        setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC);
 
+       /*
+        * We check ahead on the primary time info if this
+        * bit is supported hence speeding up Xen clocksource.
+        */
+       pvti = &__this_cpu_read(xen_vcpu)->time;
+       if (pvti->flags & PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT)
+               pvclock_set_flags(PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT);
+
        xen_setup_runstate_info(cpu);
        xen_setup_timer(cpu);
        xen_setup_cpu_clockevents();