[PATCH 58/58] KVM: VMX: Ensure vcpu time stamp counter is monotonous

Avi Kivity
2007-06-17T09:44:39Z

If the time stamp counter goes backwards, a guest delay loop can become
infinite. This can happen if a vcpu is migrated to another cpu, where
the counter has a lower value than the first cpu.

Since we're doing an IPI to the first cpu anyway, we can use that to pick
up the old tsc, and use that to calculate the adjustment we need to make
to the tsc offset.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
---
drivers/kvm/vmx.c | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
index 0b2aace..d06c362 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static void __vcpu_clear(void *arg)
vmcs_clear(vcpu->vmcs);
if (per_cpu(current_vmcs, cpu) == vcpu->vmcs)
per_cpu(current_vmcs, cpu) = NULL;
+ rdtscll(vcpu->host_tsc);
}

static void vcpu_clear(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
u64 phys_addr = __pa(vcpu->vmcs);
int cpu;
+ u64 tsc_this, delta;

cpu = get_cpu();

@@ -409,6 +411,13 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, sysenter_esp);
vmcs_writel(HOST_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, sysenter_esp); /* 22.2.3 */
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure the time stamp counter is monotonous.
+ */
+ rdtscll(tsc_this);
+ delta = vcpu->host_tsc - tsc_this;
+ vmcs_write64(TSC_OFFSET, vmcs_read64(TSC_OFFSET) + delta);