kvm: x86: Update tsc multiplier on change.
authorOwen Hofmann <osh@google.com>
Tue, 1 Mar 2016 21:36:13 +0000 (13:36 -0800)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Wed, 2 Mar 2016 09:37:32 +0000 (10:37 +0100)
vmx.c writes the TSC_MULTIPLIER field in vmx_vcpu_load, but only when a
vcpu has migrated physical cpus. Record the last value written and
update in vmx_vcpu_load on any change, otherwise a cpu migration must
occur for TSC frequency scaling to take effect.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: ff2c3a1803775cc72dc6f624b59554956396b0ee
Signed-off-by: Owen Hofmann <osh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c

index e2951b6..0ff4537 100644 (file)
@@ -596,6 +596,8 @@ struct vcpu_vmx {
        /* Support for PML */
 #define PML_ENTITY_NUM         512
        struct page *pml_pg;
+
+       u64 current_tsc_ratio;
 };
 
 enum segment_cache_field {
@@ -2127,14 +2129,16 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
                rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, sysenter_esp);
                vmcs_writel(HOST_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, sysenter_esp); /* 22.2.3 */
 
-               /* Setup TSC multiplier */
-               if (cpu_has_vmx_tsc_scaling())
-                       vmcs_write64(TSC_MULTIPLIER,
-                                    vcpu->arch.tsc_scaling_ratio);
-
                vmx->loaded_vmcs->cpu = cpu;
        }
 
+       /* Setup TSC multiplier */
+       if (kvm_has_tsc_control &&
+           vmx->current_tsc_ratio != vcpu->arch.tsc_scaling_ratio) {
+               vmx->current_tsc_ratio = vcpu->arch.tsc_scaling_ratio;
+               vmcs_write64(TSC_MULTIPLIER, vmx->current_tsc_ratio);
+       }
+
        vmx_vcpu_pi_load(vcpu, cpu);
 }