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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] KVM: x86: do not go through vcpu in __get_kvmclock_ns
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On 17/11/2016 12:38, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 06:31:30PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> Going through the first VCPU is wrong if you follow a KVM_SET_CLOCK with
>> a KVM_GET_CLOCK immediately after, without letting the VCPU run and
>> call kvm_guest_time_update.
>>
>> To fix this, compute the kvmclock value ourselves, using the master
>> clock (tsc, nsec) pair as the base and the host CPU frequency as
>> the scale.
>>
>> Reported-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
>> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> index 1ba08278a9a9..bd138a79404a 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> @@ -1724,18 +1724,23 @@ static void kvm_gen_update_masterclock(struct kvm *kvm)
>>
>> static u64 __get_kvmclock_ns(struct kvm *kvm)
>> {
>> - struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, 0);
>> struct kvm_arch *ka = &kvm->arch;
>> - s64 ns;
>> + struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info hv_clock;
>>
>> - if (vcpu->arch.hv_clock.flags & PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT) {
>> - u64 tsc = kvm_read_l1_tsc(vcpu, rdtsc());
>> - ns = __pvclock_read_cycles(&vcpu->arch.hv_clock, tsc);
>> - } else {
>> - ns = ktime_get_boot_ns() + ka->kvmclock_offset;
>> + spin_lock(&ka->pvclock_gtod_sync_lock);
>> + if (!ka->use_master_clock) {
>> + spin_unlock(&ka->pvclock_gtod_sync_lock);
>> + return ktime_get_boot_ns() + ka->kvmclock_offset;
>> }
>>
>> - return ns;
>> + hv_clock.tsc_timestamp = ka->master_cycle_now;
>> + hv_clock.system_time = ka->master_kernel_ns + ka->kvmclock_offset;
>> + spin_unlock(&ka->pvclock_gtod_sync_lock);
>> +
>> + kvm_get_time_scale(NSEC_PER_SEC, __this_cpu_read(cpu_tsc_khz) * 1000LL,
>> + &hv_clock.tsc_shift,
>> + &hv_clock.tsc_to_system_mul);
>> + return __pvclock_read_cycles(&hv_clock, rdtsc());
>> }
>
> Missing TSC scaling?
>
> /* With all the info we got, fill in the values */
>
> if (kvm_has_tsc_control)
> tgt_tsc_khz = kvm_scale_tsc(v, tgt_tsc_khz);
>
> Should use kvm_read_l1_tsc to convert as well?

We don't have a vcpu, so we cannot use either kvm_scale_tsc or
kvm_read_l1_tsc. But luckily it's not necessary here, because we're
using cpu_tsc_khz and rdtsc.

Paolo

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