vmware hypervisor interface · Supported

Maintainers

• M Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@broadcom.com>
• M Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
• R Broadcom internal kernel review list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>

Paths

• F arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h
• F arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 0/6] x86/percpu: Share decrypted storage before guest setup
  2026-09-29 04:03 · 1 reply in 7d · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-29
• Bo Gan <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-16
• Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
  1 attestation (1 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-16

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-coco (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• HOTtoday [PATCH v2 6/6] x86/percpu: Share decrypted storage before guest CPU setup
  2026-09-29 · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
• COOLING14d [PATCH v1 2/2] x86/vmware: Decrypt steal-time storage before sharing it
  2026-09-16 · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v6 36/51] x86/paravirt: Pass sched_clock save/restore helpers during registration
  2026-08-06 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 34/51] x86/vmware: NOP-ify save/restore hooks when using VMware's sched_clock
  2026-08-06 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 14/51] x86/tsc: Consolidate forcing of X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ for PV code
  2026-08-06 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 11/51] x86/tsc: Add dedicated hypervisor hooks for getting known TSC/CPU frequencies
  2026-08-06 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD21d [PATCH v6 02/51] x86/apic: Add CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=n stubs for APIC timer frequency APIs
  2026-08-06 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD21d [PATCH v6 01/51] x86/apic: Provide helpers to set local APIC timer frequency in hz and khz
  2026-08-06 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD56d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 36/51] x86/paravirt: Pass sched_clock save/restore helpers during registration
  2026-07-01 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD56d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 34/51] x86/vmware: NOP-ify save/restore hooks when using VMware's sched_clock
  2026-07-01 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD56d [PATCH v5 14/51] x86/tsc: Consolidate forcing of X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ for PV code
  2026-07-01 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD56d [PATCH v5 11/51] x86/tsc: Add dedicated hypervisor hooks for getting known TSC/CPU frequencies
  2026-07-01 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD56d [PATCH v5 02/51] x86/apic: Add CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=n stubs for apic_set_timer_period_{,k}hz()
  2026-07-01 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD56d [PATCH v5 01/51] x86/apic: Provide helpers to set local APIC timer period in hz and khz
  2026-07-01 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE114d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 33/47] x86/paravirt: Pass sched_clock save/restore helpers during registration
  2026-05-29 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE114d [PATCH v4 31/47] x86/vmware: NOP-ify save/restore hooks when using VMware's sched_clock
  2026-05-29 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE114d [PATCH v4 10/47] x86/tsc: Consolidate forcing of X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ for PV code
  2026-05-29 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE114d [PATCH v4 08/47] x86/tsc: Add dedicated hypervisor hooks for getting known TSC/CPU frequencies
  2026-05-29 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE127d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v3 31/41] x86/tsc: Pass KNOWN_FREQ and RELIABLE as params to registration
  2026-05-15 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE127d [PATCH v3 18/41] x86/paravirt: Pass sched_clock save/restore helpers during registration
  2026-05-15 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE127d [PATCH v3 16/41] x86/vmware: Nullify save/restore hooks when using VMware's sched_clock
  2026-05-15 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE127d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v3 02/41] x86/tsc: Add helper to register CPU and TSC freq calibration routines
  2026-05-15 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• STALE136d [PATCH v2 4/4] x86/vmware: Support steal time clock for encrypted guests
  2026-03-10 · Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
• STALE136d [PATCH v2 3/4] x86/vmware: Report guest crash to the hypervisor
  2026-03-10 · Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
• STALE136d [PATCH v2 2/4] x86/vmware: Log kmsg dump on panic
  2026-03-10 · Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
• STALE136d [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/vmware: Introduce common vmware_hypercall()
  2026-03-10 · Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
• STALE136d [PATCH 4/4] x86/vmware: Support steal time clock for encrypted guests
  2026-03-07 · Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
• STALE136d [PATCH 3/4] x86/vmware: Report guest crash to the hypervisor
  2026-03-07 · Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
• STALE136d [PATCH 2/4] x86/vmware: Log kmsg dump on panic
  2026-03-07 · Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
• STALE136d [PATCH 1/4] x86/vmware: Introduce common vmware_hypercall()
  2026-03-07 · Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE127d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v3 02/41] x86/tsc: Add helper to register CPU and TSC freq calibration routines
  2026-05-15 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE114d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 33/47] x86/paravirt: Pass sched_clock save/restore helpers during registration
  2026-05-29 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD56d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 34/51] x86/vmware: NOP-ify save/restore hooks when using VMware's sched_clock
  2026-07-01 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD56d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 36/51] x86/paravirt: Pass sched_clock save/restore helpers during registration
  2026-07-01 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 11/51] x86/tsc: Add dedicated hypervisor hooks for getting known TSC/CPU frequencies
  2026-08-06 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 14/51] x86/tsc: Consolidate forcing of X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ for PV code
  2026-08-06 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 34/51] x86/vmware: NOP-ify save/restore hooks when using VMware's sched_clock
  2026-08-06 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v6 36/51] x86/paravirt: Pass sched_clock save/restore helpers during registration
  2026-08-06 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> · 2 Reviewed-by