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x86/vmware: Add paravirt sched clock
The default sched_clock() implementation is native_sched_clock(). It
contains code to handle non constant frequency TSCs, which creates
overhead for systems with constant frequency TSCs.
The vmware hypervisor guarantees a constant frequency TSC, so
native_sched_clock() is not required and slower than a dedicated function
which operates with one time calculated conversion factors.
Calculate the conversion factors at boot time from the tsc frequency and
install an optimized sched_clock() function via paravirt ops.
The paravirtualized clock can be disabled on the kernel command line with
the new 'no-vmw-sched-clock' option.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@vmware.com>
Acked-by: Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pv-drivers@vmware.com
Cc: corbet@lwn.net
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161028075432.90579-4-amakhalov@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>1 parent 91d1e54 commit 80e9a4f
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