Enable hyperv_clocksource only if its advertised as a feature. XenServer 6 returns the signature which is checked in ms_hyperv_platform(), but it does not offer all features. Currently the clocksource is enabled unconditionally in ms_hyperv_init_platform(), and the result is a hanging guest.
Hyper-V spec Bit 1 indicates the availability of Partition Reference Counter. Register the clocksource only if this bit is set. The guest in question prints this in dmesg: [ 0.000000] Hypervisor detected: Microsoft HyperV [ 0.000000] HyperV: features 0x70, hints 0x0 This bug can be reproduced easily be setting 'viridian=1' in a HVM domU .cfg file. A workaround without this patch is to boot the HVM guest with 'clocksource=jiffies'. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <o...@aepfle.de> Cc: sta...@kernel.org Cc: KY Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com> Cc: Greg KH <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c index 0a630dd..646d192 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c @@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ static void __init ms_hyperv_init_platform(void) printk(KERN_INFO "HyperV: features 0x%x, hints 0x%x\n", ms_hyperv.features, ms_hyperv.hints); - clocksource_register_hz(&hyperv_cs, NSEC_PER_SEC/100); + if (ms_hyperv.features & HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT_AVAILABLE) + clocksource_register_hz(&hyperv_cs, NSEC_PER_SEC/100); } const __refconst struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_ms_hyperv = { -- 1.8.1.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/