[PATCH 32/41] KVM: SVM: Ensure timestamp counter monotonicity

Avi Kivity
2007-04-01T14:35:29Z

When a vcpu is migrated from one cpu to another, its timestamp counter
may lose its monotonic property if the host has unsynced timestamp counters.
This can confuse the guest, sometimes to the point of refusing to boot.

As the rdtsc instruction is rather fast on AMD processors (7-10 cycles),
we can simply record the last host tsc when we drop the cpu, and adjust
the vcpu tsc offset when we detect that we've migrated to a different cpu.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
---
drivers/kvm/kvm.h | 1 +
drivers/kvm/svm.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/kvm.h b/drivers/kvm/kvm.h
index f5e343c..6d0bd7a 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/kvm.h
+++ b/drivers/kvm/kvm.h
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu {
struct mutex mutex;
int cpu;
int launched;
+ u64 host_tsc;
struct kvm_run *run;
int interrupt_window_open;
unsigned long irq_summary; /* bit vector: 1 per word in irq_pending */
diff --git a/drivers/kvm/svm.c b/drivers/kvm/svm.c
index 0542d33..ca2642f 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/svm.c
@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct vmcb *vmcb)
{
struct vmcb_control_area *control = &vmcb->control;
struct vmcb_save_area *save = &vmcb->save;
- u64 tsc;

control->intercept_cr_read = INTERCEPT_CR0_MASK |
INTERCEPT_CR3_MASK |
@@ -517,8 +516,7 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct vmcb *vmcb)

control->iopm_base_pa = iopm_base;
control->msrpm_base_pa = msrpm_base;
- rdtscll(tsc);
- control->tsc_offset = -tsc;
+ control->tsc_offset = 0;
control->int_ctl = V_INTR_MASKING_MASK;

init_seg(&save->es);
@@ -606,11 +604,26 @@ static void svm_free_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

static void svm_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- get_cpu();
+ int cpu;
+
+ cpu = get_cpu();
+ if (unlikely(cpu != vcpu->cpu)) {
+ u64 tsc_this, delta;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure that the guest sees a monotonically
+ * increasing TSC.
+ */
+ rdtscll(tsc_this);
+ delta = vcpu->host_tsc - tsc_this;
+ vcpu->svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset += delta;
+ vcpu->cpu = cpu;
+ }
}

static void svm_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
+ rdtscll(vcpu->host_tsc);
put_cpu();