Re: [PATCH] KVM: Don't automatically expose the TSC deadline timer in cpuid

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On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 12:45, Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/26/2011 12:43 PM, Alexey Zaytsev wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 12:35, Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On 12/26/2011 10:42 AM, Liu, Jinsong wrote:
>> >> >  }
>> >> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> >> > index df23dff..1171def 100644
>> >> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> >> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> >> > @@ -2089,6 +2089,9 @@ int kvm_dev_ioctl_check_extension(long ext)
>> >> >     case KVM_CAP_TSC_CONTROL:
>> >> >             r = kvm_has_tsc_control;
>> >> >             break;
>> >> > +   case KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER:
>> >> > +           r = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER);
>> >> > +           break;
>> >>
>> >> kvm tsc deadline timer is pure software emulated, not depend on host physically.
>> >
>> > Yeah, I want to reconsider it in the 3.3 cycle.  I'm not so hot on
>> > exposing non hardware features anymore, at least we want better
>> > reporting to userspace.
>> >
>>
>> Just as a reminder, could you please revert the problematic commit
>> (a3e06bbe) for 3.2?
>
> I plan to post this as a fix.
>
> If  you can, please test it:
>
>  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git kvm-updates/3.2
>

Works for me, thank you.
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