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[Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] x86/amd: Add support for read-only APERF/

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# HG changeset patch
# User Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@xxxxxxx>
# Date 1313226818 -3600
# Node ID 67b883402736ef1746cd6654da4c898f70f40723
# Parent  8f647d409196f1d018f6284af03d1625cf8f93af
x86/amd: Add support for read-only APERF/MPERF

AMD is adding support for a read-only mode of the APERF
and MPERF MSRs. When this mode is enabled, writes to
these registers are ignored and do no reset the registers.
This allows multiple well-behaved programs to share the
use of the registers even if a poorly behaved program
attempts to reset them. Support for this feature is
indicated by a CPUID bit.

AMD has been recommending that well-behaved software
avoid resetting the APERF and MPERF MSRs. Enabling
this feature should not change the behavior of well-
behaved software. This change has been tested with the
turbostat and cpufreq-aperf applications.

Signed-off-by: Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@xxxxxxx>
---


diff -r 8f647d409196 -r 67b883402736 xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c    Sat Aug 13 10:12:49 2011 +0100
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c    Sat Aug 13 10:13:38 2011 +0100
@@ -499,6 +499,12 @@
        if (c->x86 > 0xf && !cpu_has_amd_erratum(c, AMD_ERRATUM_400))
                set_bit(X86_FEATURE_ARAT, c->x86_capability);
 
+       if (cpuid_edx(0x80000007) & (1 << 10)) {
+               rdmsr(MSR_K7_HWCR, l, h);
+               l |= (1 << 27); /* Enable read-only APERF/MPERF bit */
+               wrmsr(MSR_K7_HWCR, l, h);
+       }
+
        /* Prevent TSC drift in non single-processor, single-core platforms. */
        if ((smp_processor_id() == 1) && c1_ramping_may_cause_clock_drift(c))
                disable_c1_ramping();

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