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Reduce special casing of xen_cpuid() by using cpu capabilities instead of faked cpuid nodes. This cleanup enables us remove the hypervisor specific set_cpu_features callback as the same effect can be reached via setup_[clear|force]_cpu_cap(). Removing the rest faked nodes from xen_cpuid() requires some more work as the remaining cases (mwait leafs and extended topology info) have to be handled

Reduce special casing of xen_cpuid() by using cpu capabilities instead of faked cpuid nodes. This cleanup enables us remove the hypervisor specific set_cpu_features callback as the same effect can be reached via setup_[clear|force]_cpu_cap(). Removing the rest faked nodes from xen_cpuid() requires some more work as the remaining cases (mwait leafs and extended topology info) have to be handled

...inux-foundation.org Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross at suse.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c index 22403a28caf5..40ed26852ebd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c @@ -113,6 +113,24 @@ static void __init vmware_paravirt_ops_setup(void) #define vmware_paravirt_ops_setup() do {} while (0) #endif +/* + * VMware hypervisor takes care of exporting a reliable TSC to the guest. + * Stil...

Reduce special casing of xen_cpuid() by using cpu capabilities instead of faked cpuid nodes. This cleanup enables us remove the hypervisor specific set_cpu_features callback as the same effect can be reached via setup_[clear|force]_cpu_cap(). Removing the rest faked nodes from xen_cpuid() requires some more work as the remaining cases (mwait leafs and extended topology info) have to be handled

Reduce special casing of xen_cpuid() by using cpu capabilities instead of faked cpuid nodes. This cleanup enables us remove the hypervisor specific set_cpu_features callback as the same effect can be reached via setup_[clear|force]_cpu_cap(). Removing the rest faked nodes from xen_cpuid() requires some more work as the remaining cases (mwait leafs and extended topology info) have to be handled

Booting a Xen PVH guest requires a special boot entry as it is mandatory to setup some Xen-specific interfaces rather early. When grub or OVMF are used as boot loaders, however, those will fill the boot parameters in zeropage and there is no longer a need to do something PVH specific in the early boot path. This patch series adds support for that scenario by identifying PVH environment and doing

Booting a Xen PVH guest requires a special boot entry as it is mandatory to setup some Xen-specific interfaces rather early. When grub or OVMF are used as boot loaders, however, those will fill the boot parameters in zeropage and there is no longer a need to do something PVH specific in the early boot path. This patch series adds support for that scenario by identifying PVH environment and doing

Today paravirtualization is a all-or-nothing game: either a kernel is compiled with no paravirtualization support at all, or it is supporting paravirtualized environments like Xen pv-guests or lguest additionally to some paravirtualized tuning for KVM, Hyperv, VMWare or Xen HVM-guests. As support of pv-guests requires quite intrusive pv-hooks (e.g. all access functions to page table entries,

Today paravirtualization is a all-or-nothing game: either a kernel is compiled with no paravirtualization support at all, or it is supporting paravirtualized environments like Xen pv-guests or lguest additionally to some paravirtualized tuning for KVM, Hyperv, VMWare or Xen HVM-guests. As support of pv-guests requires quite intrusive pv-hooks (e.g. all access functions to page table entries,