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)

• WARM1d [PATCH v2 0/6] panic, x86/vmware: Preserve crash logs before kdump
  2026-09-28 17:57 · 3 replies in 7d · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
• 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)

• Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
  4 attestations (4 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-28
• Brennan Lamoreaux <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-28
• Bo Gan <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-28
• Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-29
• Michael Kelley <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-09-28

Recent patches

Most-recent 14 patches in this subsystem on linux-doc, 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>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 6/6] x86/vmware: Report guest crashes after kmsg dumpers
  2026-09-28 · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/vmware: Add the vmware_record_panic_msg sysctl
  2026-09-28 · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2 4/6] x86/vmware: Add a bounded pre-kdump log sender
  2026-09-28 · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v1 4/4] x86/vmware: Run panic diagnostics before kdump by default
  2026-09-08 · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v1 3/4] x86/vmware: Report guest crashes after kmsg dumpers
  2026-09-08 · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v1 2/4] x86/vmware: Add the vmware_record_panic_msg sysctl
  2026-09-08 · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
• WARM1d [PATCH v1 1/4] x86/vmware: Add a bounded panic log sender
  2026-09-08 · Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
• COLD54d 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>
• COLD54d 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>
• COLD54d [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>
• COLD54d [PATCH v5 11/51] x86/tsc: Add dedicated hypervisor hooks for getting known TSC/CPU frequencies
  2026-07-01 · Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
• COLD54d [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>
• COLD54d [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>

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.

• COLD54d 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
• COLD54d 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