[PATCH 03/18] TSC reset compensation

Zachary Amsden
2010-07-13T02:25:23Z

Attempt to synchronize TSCs which are reset to the same value. In the
case of a reliable hardware TSC, we can just re-use the same offset, but
on non-reliable hardware, we can get closer by adjusting the offset to
match the elapsed time.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zamsden@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 +++
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 3b4efe2..4b42893 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ struct kvm_arch {
unsigned long irq_sources_bitmap;
s64 kvmclock_offset;
spinlock_t tsc_write_lock;
+ u64 last_tsc_nsec;
+ u64 last_tsc_offset;
+ u64 last_tsc_write;

struct kvm_xen_hvm_config xen_hvm_config;

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a2ee975..bb7451b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -896,10 +896,39 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cpu_tsc_khz);
void guest_write_tsc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data)
{
struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
- u64 offset;
+ u64 offset, ns, elapsed;
+ struct timespec ts;

spin_lock(&kvm->arch.tsc_write_lock);
offset = data - native_read_tsc();
+ ktime_get_ts(&ts);
+ monotonic_to_bootbased(&ts);
+ ns = timespec_to_ns(&ts);
+ elapsed = ns - kvm->arch.last_tsc_nsec;
+
+ /*
+ * Special case: identical write to TSC within 5 seconds of
+ * another CPU is interpreted as an attempt to synchronize
+ * (the 5 seconds is to accomodate host load / swapping).
+ *
+ * In that case, for a reliable TSC, we can match TSC offsets,
+ * or make a best guest using kernel_ns value.
+ */
+ if (data == kvm->arch.last_tsc_write && elapsed < 5ULL * NSEC_PER_SEC) {
+ if (!check_tsc_unstable()) {
+ offset = kvm->arch.last_tsc_offset;
+ pr_debug("kvm: matched tsc offset for %llu\n", data);
+ } else {
+ u64 tsc_delta = elapsed * __get_cpu_var(cpu_tsc_khz);
+ tsc_delta = tsc_delta / USEC_PER_SEC;
+ offset += tsc_delta;
+ pr_debug("kvm: adjusted tsc offset by %llu\n", tsc_delta);
+ }
+ ns = kvm->arch.last_tsc_nsec;
+ }
+ kvm->arch.last_tsc_nsec = ns;
+ kvm->arch.last_tsc_write = data;
+ kvm->arch.last_tsc_offset = offset;
kvm_x86_ops->write_tsc_offset(vcpu, offset);
spin_unlock(&kvm->arch.tsc_write_lock);

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