instrumentation: Avoid CPUID 0x15/0x16 for Hypervisor TSC frequency
Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
instrumentation: Avoid CPUID 0x15/0x16 for Hypervisor TSC frequency This restricts the retrieval of the TSC frequency whilst under a Hypervisor to either Hypervisor-specific CPUID registers (0x40000010), or TSC calibration. We previously allowed retrieving from the traditional CPUID registers for TSC frequency (0x15/0x16) like on bare metal, but it turns out that they are not trustworthy when virtualized and can report wildly incorrect frequencies, like 7 kHz when the actual calibrated frequencty is 2.5 GHz. Per report from buildfarm member drongo. Author: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> Reviewed-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/jr4hk2sxhqcfpb67ftz5g4vw33nm67cgf7go3wwmqsafu5aclq%405m67ukuhyszz
Files
| Path | Change | +/− |
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| src/port/pg_cpu_x86.c | modified | +9 −12 |
Discussion
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