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1 /*
2  * This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
3  * Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
4  * You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version
5  * 1.0 of the CDDL.
6  *
7  * A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
8  * source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
9  * http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
10  */
11 
12 /*
13  * Copyright 2021 Jason King
14  */
15 
16 #include <sys/x86_archext.h>
17 #include <sys/tsc.h>
18 
19 /* For VMs, this leaf will contain the largest VM leaf supported in EAX */
20 #define	CPUID_VM_LEAF_MAX	0x40000000
21 
22 /*
23  * From https://lwn.net/Articles/301888/, CPUID leaf 0x40000010 (when present)
24  * on VMware will contain the TSC frequency in kHz. While it would have been
25  * nice to locate an official bit of documentation from VMware, implementations
26  * in both Linux and FreeBSD agree with the above link, so it seems reasonable
27  * to use it as well.
28  */
29 #define	CPUID_VM_LEAF_FREQ	0x40000010
30 
31 static boolean_t
32 tsc_calibrate_vmware(uint64_t *freqp)
33 {
34 	if (get_hwenv() != HW_VMWARE)
35 		return (B_FALSE);
36 
37 	struct cpuid_regs regs = { 0 };
38 
39 	/* First determine the largest VM leaf supported */
40 	regs.cp_eax = CPUID_VM_LEAF_MAX;
41 	__cpuid_insn(&regs);
42 
43 	if (regs.cp_eax < CPUID_VM_LEAF_FREQ)
44 		return (B_FALSE);
45 
46 	regs.cp_eax = CPUID_VM_LEAF_FREQ;
47 	__cpuid_insn(&regs);
48 
49 	/*
50 	 * While not observed in the wild, as a precautionary measure,
51 	 * we treat a value of 0 as a failure out of an excess of caution.
52 	 */
53 	if (regs.cp_eax == 0)
54 		return (B_FALSE);
55 
56 	/* Convert from kHz to Hz */
57 	*freqp = (uint64_t)regs.cp_eax * 1000;
58 
59 	return (B_TRUE);
60 }
61 
62 static tsc_calibrate_t tsc_calibration_vmware = {
63 	.tscc_source = "VMware",
64 	.tscc_preference = 100,
65 	.tscc_calibrate = tsc_calibrate_vmware,
66 };
67 TSC_CALIBRATION_SOURCE(tsc_calibration_vmware);
68