On Fri, 1 Apr 2016, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > +static void update_local_turbo_mode(void *dummy) > +{ > + unsigned long cr0 = read_cr0(); > + > + /* > + * KVM doesn't properly handle CD. > + * > + * XXX: this may interact poorly with CPU hotplug. Please cc these crazy folks who cleanup the hotplug mess so they can put it on their todo list. > + */ > + > + if (turbo_mode) > + write_cr0(cr0 & ~X86_CR0_CD); > + else > + write_cr0(cr0 | X86_CR0_CD); I think proper turbo mode disable requires ~(X86_CR0_CD | X86_CR0_NW) > +static void update_turbo_mode(void) > +{ > + on_each_cpu(update_local_turbo_mode, NULL, 1); > + > + if (!turbo_mode) > + wbinvd(); You really want to do wbinvd() on each cpu to make sure that each cpu gets out of that turbo thing. Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html