On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Prarit Bhargava <[email protected]> wrote:
> intel_rapl is currently not supported in virtualized environments.  When
> booting the warning message
>
> intel_rapl: no valid rapl domains found in package 0

You seem to be saying that this message is problematic for some
reason, so why is it?

> is output for every virtual core.
>
> This patch stops the driver from being loaded in virtual boots.
>
> Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <[email protected]>
> Cc: Jacob Jun Pan <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c |    5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
> index f2201d42a9cd..bebfbe8acccd 100644
> --- a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
> +++ b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
>  #include <linux/sysfs.h>
>  #include <linux/cpu.h>
>  #include <linux/powercap.h>
> +#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
>  #include <asm/iosf_mbi.h>
>
>  #include <asm/processor.h>
> @@ -1600,6 +1601,10 @@ static int __init rapl_init(void)
>                 return -ENODEV;
>         }
>
> +       /* Intel RAPL is not supported on virtualized environments */
> +       if (x86_hyper)
> +               return -ENODEV;
> +
>         rapl_defaults = (struct rapl_defaults *)id->driver_data;
>
>         cpu_notifier_register_begin();
> --

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