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From: David Daney <ddaney.cavm@gmail.com>
To: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@kernel.org>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
	linux-mips@linux-mips.org, Sanjay Lal <sanjayl@kymasys.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/21] MIPS: KVM: Rewrite count/compare timer emulation
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:00:21 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <535A94A5.1040200@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1398439204-26171-12-git-send-email-james.hogan@imgtec.com>

[...]
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index f56bb699506e..57c1085fd6ab 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -404,8 +404,15 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
>
>   	u32 io_gpr;		/* GPR used as IO source/target */
>
> -	/* Used to calibrate the virutal count register for the guest */
> -	int32_t host_cp0_count;
> +	struct hrtimer comparecount_timer;
> +	/* Count bias from the raw time */
> +	uint32_t count_bias;
> +	/* Frequency of timer in Hz */
> +	uint32_t count_hz;

We are currently running with timer frequencies of over 2GHz, so the 
width of this variable is close to the limit.

Your follow-on patch exports this to user-space as part of the KVM ABI.

I would suggest, at least for the user-space ABI, to make this a 64-bit 
wide value.


> +	/* Dynamic nanosecond bias (multiple of count_period) to avoid overflow */
> +	s64 count_dyn_bias;
> +	/* Period of timer tick in ns */
> +	u64 count_period;
>
>   	/* Bitmask of exceptions that are pending */
[...]

  reply	other threads:[~2014-04-25 17:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-25 15:19 [PATCH 00/21] MIPS: KVM: Fixes and guest timer rewrite James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 01/21] MIPS: KVM: Allocate at least 16KB for exception handlers James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 02/21] MIPS: KVM: Use local_flush_icache_range to fix RI on XBurst James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 03/21] MIPS: KVM: Use tlb_write_random James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 04/21] MIPS: KVM: Fix CP0_EBASE KVM register id James Hogan
2014-04-25 16:36   ` David Daney
2014-04-25 19:22     ` James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 05/21] MIPS: KVM: Add CP0_EPC KVM register access James Hogan
2014-04-25 16:44   ` David Daney
2014-04-25 20:29     ` James Hogan
2014-04-25 21:45       ` David Daney
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 06/21] MIPS: KVM: Move KVM_{GET,SET}_ONE_REG definitions into kvm_host.h James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 07/21] MIPS: KVM: Add CP0_Count/Compare KVM register access James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 08/21] MIPS: KVM: Deliver guest interrupts after local_irq_disable() James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 09/21] MIPS: KVM: Fix timer race modifying guest CP0_Cause James Hogan
2014-04-25 16:55   ` David Daney
2014-04-25 20:42     ` James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 10/21] MIPS: KVM: Migrate hrtimer to follow VCPU James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 11/21] MIPS: KVM: Rewrite count/compare timer emulation James Hogan
2014-04-25 17:00   ` David Daney [this message]
2014-04-25 21:05     ` James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 12/21] MIPS: KVM: Override guest kernel timer frequency directly James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 13/21] MIPS: KVM: Add master disable count interface James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 14/21] MIPS: KVM: Add nanosecond count bias KVM register James Hogan
2014-04-25 17:27   ` David Daney
2014-04-25 22:34     ` James Hogan
2014-04-26  9:37       ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-05-28 14:21         ` James Hogan
2014-05-28 16:24           ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-04-28 12:01   ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-04-28 15:17     ` James Hogan
2014-04-28 15:42       ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 15/21] MIPS: KVM: Add count frequency " James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:19 ` [PATCH 16/21] MIPS: KVM: Make kvm_mips_comparecount_{func,wakeup} static James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:20 ` [PATCH 17/21] MIPS: KVM: Whitespace fixes in kvm_mips_callbacks James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:20 ` [PATCH 18/21] MIPS: KVM: Fix kvm_debug bit-rottage James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:20 ` [PATCH 19/21] MIPS: KVM: Remove ifdef DEBUG around kvm_debug James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:20 ` [PATCH 20/21] MIPS: KVM: Quieten kvm_info() logging James Hogan
2014-04-25 15:20 ` [PATCH 21/21] MIPS: KVM: Remove redundant NULL checks before kfree() James Hogan
2014-04-28 12:02 ` [PATCH 00/21] MIPS: KVM: Fixes and guest timer rewrite Paolo Bonzini

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