On 05/05/2018 13:02, Wanpeng Li wrote: > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Anthoine reported: > The period used by Windows change over time but it can be 1 > milliseconds or less. I saw the limit_periodic_timer_frequency > print so 500 microseconds is sometimes reached. > > As suggested by Paolo, lower the default timer frequency limit to a > smaller interval of 200 us (5000 Hz) to leave some headroom. This > is required due to Windows 10 changing the scheduler tick limit > from 1024 Hz to 2048 Hz. > > Reported-by: Anthoine Bourgeois <anthoine.bourgeois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Anthoine Bourgeois <anthoine.bourgeois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v2 -> v3: > * update patch subject and description > v1 -> v2: > * update patch subject and description > > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > index 51ecd38..dc47073 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ module_param(ignore_msrs, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); > static bool __read_mostly report_ignored_msrs = true; > module_param(report_ignored_msrs, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); > > -unsigned int min_timer_period_us = 500; > +unsigned int min_timer_period_us = 200; > module_param(min_timer_period_us, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); > > static bool __read_mostly kvmclock_periodic_sync = true; > Applied, thanks. Paolo
