linux-stable/arch/x86
Ryan Thibodeaux 2ec16bc0fc x86/xen: Add "xen_timer_slop" command line option
Add a new command-line option "xen_timer_slop=<INT>" that sets the
minimum delta of virtual Xen timers. This commit does not change the
default timer slop value for virtual Xen timers.

Lowering the timer slop value should improve the accuracy of virtual
timers (e.g., better process dispatch latency), but it will likely
increase the number of virtual timer interrupts (relative to the
original slop setting).

The original timer slop value has not changed since the introduction
of the Xen-aware Linux kernel code. This commit provides users an
opportunity to tune timer performance given the refinements to
hardware and the Xen event channel processing. It also mirrors
a feature in the Xen hypervisor - the "timer_slop" Xen command line
option.

[boris: updated comment describing TIMER_SLOP]

Signed-off-by: Ryan Thibodeaux <ryan.thibodeaux@starlab.io>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
2019-04-23 11:06:26 -04:00
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boot x86/boot: Fix incorrect ifdeffery scope 2019-03-27 14:00:51 +01:00
configs Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-03-07 19:25:37 -08:00
crypto crypto: x86/poly1305 - fix overflow during partial reduction 2019-04-08 14:43:06 +08:00
entry pidfd patches for v5.1-rc1 2019-03-16 13:47:14 -07:00
events perf/x86/amd: Add event map for AMD Family 17h 2019-04-18 14:31:54 +02:00
hyperv x86/hyperv: Prevent potential NULL pointer dereference 2019-03-21 12:24:39 +01:00
ia32 a.out: remove core dumping support 2019-03-05 10:00:35 -08:00
include * Fix for a memory leak introduced during the merge window 2019-04-16 08:52:00 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-04-20 10:05:02 -07:00
kvm KVM: x86: avoid misreporting level-triggered irqs as edge-triggered in tracing 2019-04-16 15:38:08 +02:00
lib x86/lib: Fix indentation issue, remove extra tab 2019-03-21 12:24:38 +01:00
math-emu Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
mm x86/mm/KASLR: Fix the size of the direct mapping section 2019-04-18 10:42:58 +02:00
net x32: bpf: implement jitting of JMP32 2019-01-26 13:33:02 -08:00
oprofile
pci x86/PCI: Fixup RTIT_BAR of Intel Denverton Trace Hub 2019-02-07 08:43:58 -06:00
platform x86/realmode: Make set_real_mode_mem() static inline 2019-03-29 10:16:27 +01:00
power mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
purgatory
ras
realmode x86/realmode: Make set_real_mode_mem() static inline 2019-03-29 10:16:27 +01:00
tools x86: Clean up 'sizeof x' => 'sizeof(x)' 2018-10-29 07:13:28 +01:00
um Merge branch 'timers-2038-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-03-05 14:08:26 -08:00
video
xen x86/xen: Add "xen_timer_slop" command line option 2019-04-23 11:06:26 -04:00
.gitignore
Kbuild KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point 2018-12-13 13:41:49 -05:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-04-20 10:01:11 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu
Kconfig.debug efi/x86: Convert x86 EFI earlyprintk into generic earlycon implementation 2019-02-04 08:27:30 +01:00
Makefile x86/retpolines: Disable switch jump tables when retpolines are enabled 2019-03-28 13:39:48 +01:00
Makefile.um x86, powerpc: Remove -funit-at-a-time compiler option entirely 2018-12-09 11:55:32 +01:00
Makefile_32.cpu