If the host gives us a TSC rate, assume it is good and don't try and recalibrate things against virtual timer hardware. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c @@ -140,7 +140,16 @@ static inline void kvm_sched_clock_init( */ static unsigned long kvm_get_tsc_khz(void) { - return pvclock_tsc_khz(this_cpu_pvti()); + unsigned long tsc_khz = pvclock_tsc_khz(this_cpu_pvti()); + + /* + * TSC frequency is reported by the host; calibration against (virtual) + * HPET/PM-timer in a guest is dodgy and pointless since the host already + * did it for us where required. + */ + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ); + + return tsc_khz; } static void kvm_get_preset_lpj(void)