x86/amd: Fix xen_apic_write warnings in Dom0
authorWei Wang <wei.wang2@amd.com>
Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:03:36 +0000 (15:03 +0200)
committerWei Wang <wei.wang2@amd.com>
Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:03:36 +0000 (15:03 +0200)
commitcabea9d59f1783167a79fa7a550ced04b3506f3c
tree43f6ea25a6a018d4490322542bac9cca1d00a66f
parentde17be7fe7db66e7f9107c68e74f43d7a6b1da4a
x86/amd: Fix xen_apic_write warnings in Dom0

[    0.020294] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[    0.020311] WARNING: at arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c:730
xen_apic_write+0x15/0x17()
[    0.020318] Hardware name: empty
[    0.020323] Modules linked in:
[    0.020334] Pid: 1, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.3.8 #7
[    0.020340] Call Trace:
[    0.020354]  [<ffffffff81050379>] warn_slowpath_common+0x80/0x98
[    0.020369]  [<ffffffff810503a6>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x17
[    0.020378]  [<ffffffff810034df>] xen_apic_write+0x15/0x17
[    0.020392]  [<ffffffff8101cb2b>] perf_events_lapic_init+0x2e/0x30
[    0.020410]  [<ffffffff81ee4dd0>] init_hw_perf_events+0x250/0x407
[    0.020419]  [<ffffffff81ee4b80>] ? check_bugs+0x2d/0x2d
[    0.020430]  [<ffffffff81002181>] do_one_initcall+0x7a/0x131
[    0.020444]  [<ffffffff81edbbf9>] kernel_init+0x91/0x15d
[    0.020456]  [<ffffffff817caaa4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[    0.020471]  [<ffffffff817c347c>] ? retint_restore_args+0x5/0x6
[    0.020481]  [<ffffffff817caaa0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
[    0.020500] ---[ end trace a7919e7f17c0a725 ]---

Kernel function check_hw_exists() writes 0xabcd to msr 0xc0010201 (Performance Event
Counter 0) and read it again to check if it is running as dom0. Early amd cpus does
not reset perf counters during warm reboot. If the kernel is booted with bare metal
and then as a dom0, the content of msr 0xc0010201 will stay and the checking will
pass and PMU will be enabled unexpectedly.

Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <wei.wang2@amd.com>
Don't reset the counters when used for the NMI watchdog.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Acked-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>
Committed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c