Re: [PATCH v6 11/51] x86/tsc: Add dedicated hypervisor hooks for getting known TSC/CPU frequencies
David Woodhouse <[email protected]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:55:26 +0100
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On Thu, 2026-08-06 at 16:35 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote: > Add dedicated hypervisor hooks for getting known TSC/CPU frequencies > instead of overriding seemingly generic platform hooks, and explicitly > prioritize hypervisor-provided frequencies over native methods, but do NOT > clobber the frequency obtained from trusted firmware. While shuffling the > hooks around is arguably "six of one, half dozen of the other", scoping > them to x86_hyper_init makes their purpose more obvious, and allows for > explicitly defining the priority of sources (as is done here). > > As is already done when trusted firmware provides the TSC frequency, ignore > tsc_early_khz if the exact TSC frequency was obtained from the hypervisor, > as attempting to refine the TSC frequency when running in a VM is all but > guaranteed to cause problems sooner or later due to the calibration sources > being emulated devices in the vast majority of setups. > > Cc: David Woodhouse <[email protected]> > Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <[email protected]>
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