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linux-stable-mirror/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
Gautam Menghani 58d6473042 powerpc/pseries: Fix KVM guest detection for disabling hardlockup detector
commit 44e5d21e6d upstream.

As per the kernel documentation[1], hardlockup detector should
be disabled in KVM guests as it may give false positives. On
PPC, hardlockup detector is enabled inside KVM guests because
disable_hardlockup_detector() is marked as early_initcall and it
relies on kvm_guest static key (is_kvm_guest()) which is initialized
later during boot by check_kvm_guest(), which is a core_initcall.
check_kvm_guest() is also called in pSeries_smp_probe(), which is called
before initcalls, but it is skipped if KVM guest does not have doorbell
support or if the guest is launched with SMT=1.

Call check_kvm_guest() in disable_hardlockup_detector() so that
is_kvm_guest() check goes through fine and hardlockup detector can be
disabled inside the KVM guest.

[1]: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst

Fixes: 633c8e9800 ("powerpc/pseries: Enable hardlockup watchdog for PowerVM partitions")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.14+
Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani <gautam@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241108094839.33084-1-gautam@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2024-12-05 14:02:43 +01:00

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