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    KVM: LAPIC: Keep timer running when switching between one-shot and periodic mode · dedf9c5e
    Wanpeng Li authored
    If we take TSC-deadline mode timer out of the picture, the Intel SDM
    does not say that the timer is disable when the timer mode is change,
    either from one-shot to periodic or vice versa.
    
    After this patch, the timer is no longer disarmed on change of mode, so
    the counter (TMCCT) keeps counting down.
    
    So what does a write to LVTT changes ? On baremetal, the change of mode
    is probably taken into account only when the counter reach 0. When this
    happen, LVTT is use to figure out if the counter should restard counting
    down from TMICT (so periodic mode) or stop counting (if one-shot mode).
    
    This patch is based on observation of the behavior of the APIC timer on
    baremetal as well as check that they does not go against the description
    written in the Intel SDM.
    
    Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
    Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarWanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
    [Fixed rate limiting of periodic timer.]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRadim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
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