[tip:tools/kvm] kvmtool: ARM: timers: add "always-on" property to the device tree

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Commit-ID:  f32fece44c31290b6aaf610c99c62f48a17d673a
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/f32fece44c31290b6aaf610c99c62f48a17d673a
Author:     Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:38:14 +0100
Committer:  Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:12:42 +0300

kvmtool: ARM: timers: add "always-on" property to the device tree

The new optional property "always-on" indicates that the timers
are, well, always on when used with KVM.

This allows for substantial performance improvement in the guest
(it switches to NOHZ instead of using a periodic tick per vcpu)
and removes a lot of burden from the host (no need to inject tons
of interrupts with the associated rescheduling overhead).

Old kernels that don't understand this property will simply ignore it.

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/kvm/arm/timer.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/kvm/arm/timer.c b/tools/kvm/arm/timer.c
index d757c1d..209251e 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/arm/timer.c
+++ b/tools/kvm/arm/timer.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void timer__generate_fdt_nodes(void *fdt, struct kvm *kvm, int *irqs)
 	_FDT(fdt_begin_node(fdt, "timer"));
 	_FDT(fdt_property(fdt, "compatible", compatible, sizeof(compatible)));
 	_FDT(fdt_property(fdt, "interrupts", irq_prop, sizeof(irq_prop)));
+	_FDT(fdt_property(fdt, "always-on", NULL, 0));
 	if (kvm->cfg.arch.force_cntfrq > 0)
 		_FDT(fdt_property_cell(fdt, "clock-frequency", kvm->cfg.arch.force_cntfrq));
 	_FDT(fdt_end_node(fdt));
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