Re: [PATCH v2 char-misc 1/1] x86/hyperv: Fix PIT shutdown quirk

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

Michael,

On Mon, 22 Oct 2018, Michael Kelley wrote:

> pit_shutdown() doesn't work on Hyper-V because of a quirk in the
> PIT emulation. After shutdown the emulated PIT continues to interrupt
> @18.2 HZ. This problem exists in all versions of Hyper-V and just
> had not previously been noticed. So replace the normal PIT shutdown
> function with an alternate version that works on Hyper-V.
> 
> The alternate shutdown function could go in the i8253.c module,
> but it seems better to keep the hack with the Hyper-V code rather
> than clutter up i8253.c with #ifdef CONFIG_HYPERV.

You can avoid the ideffery completely. Something like the uncompiled patch
(lacks comments) below keeps everything in i8253 and should just work.

Thanks,

	tglx

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diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/i8253.c b/drivers/clocksource/i8253.c
index 9c38895542f4..9b5d2259c2e5 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/i8253.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/i8253.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/i8253.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/hypervisor.h>
 
 /*
  * Protects access to I/O ports
@@ -109,9 +110,10 @@ static int pit_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *evt)
 	raw_spin_lock(&i8253_lock);
 
 	outb_p(0x30, PIT_MODE);
-	outb_p(0, PIT_CH0);
-	outb_p(0, PIT_CH0);
-
+	if (!hypervisor_is_mshyperv()) {
+		outb_p(0, PIT_CH0);
+		outb_p(0, PIT_CH0);
+	}
 	raw_spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/hypervisor.h b/include/linux/hypervisor.h
index fc08b433c856..2ab7303675f3 100644
--- a/include/linux/hypervisor.h
+++ b/include/linux/hypervisor.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
 
 #include <asm/jailhouse_para.h>
+#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
 #include <asm/x86_init.h>
 
 static inline void hypervisor_pin_vcpu(int cpu)
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ static inline void hypervisor_pin_vcpu(int cpu)
 	x86_platform.hyper.pin_vcpu(cpu);
 }
 
+static inline bool hypervisor_is_mshyperv(void)
+{
+	return hypervisor_is_type(X86_HYPER_MS_HYPERV);
+}
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_X86 */
 
 #include <linux/of.h>
@@ -30,6 +36,11 @@ static inline bool jailhouse_paravirt(void)
 	return of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "jailhouse,cell");
 }
 
+static inline bool hypervisor_is_mshyperv(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 #endif /* !CONFIG_X86 */
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_HYPEVISOR_H */