Messages in this thread | | | From | Wanpeng Li <> | Date | Fri, 4 May 2018 20:28:30 +0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] KVM: X86: Limit timer frequency with more smaller interval |
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ping, 2018-04-30 10:38 GMT+08:00 Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>: > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com> > > Anthoine reported: > The period used by Windows change over time but it can be 1 milliseconds > or less. I saw the limit_periodic_timer_frequency print so 500 > microseconds is sometimes reached. > > This patchs limits timer frequency with more smaller interval 200ms(5000Hz) > to leave some headroom as Paolo suggested since Windows 10 changed the > scheduler tick limit from 1024 Hz to 2048 Hz. > > Reported-by: Anthoine Bourgeois <anthoine.bourgeois@blade-group.com> > Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> > Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> > Cc: Anthoine Bourgeois <anthoine.bourgeois@blade-group.com> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com> > --- > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > index 51ecd38..dc47073 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ module_param(ignore_msrs, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); > static bool __read_mostly report_ignored_msrs = true; > module_param(report_ignored_msrs, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); > > -unsigned int min_timer_period_us = 500; > +unsigned int min_timer_period_us = 200; > module_param(min_timer_period_us, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); > > static bool __read_mostly kvmclock_periodic_sync = true; > -- > 2.7.4 >
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