From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v4 18/30] KVM: x86: Remove implicit rdtsc() from kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset()
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 23:46:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260509224824.3264567-19-dwmw2@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260509224824.3264567-1-dwmw2@infradead.org>
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Let the callers pass the host TSC value in as an explicit parameter.
This leaves some fairly obviously stupid code, which is using this
function to compare the guest TSC at some *other* time, with the
newly-minted TSC value from rdtsc(). Unless it's being used to measure
*elapsed* time, that isn't very sensible.
In this case, "obviously stupid" is an improvement over being
non-obviously so.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 980fc22ee05b..c9cbebd6a92a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2693,11 +2693,12 @@ u64 kvm_scale_tsc(u64 tsc, u64 ratio)
return _tsc;
}
-static u64 kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 target_tsc)
+static u64 kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 host_tsc,
+ u64 target_tsc)
{
u64 tsc;
- tsc = kvm_scale_tsc(rdtsc(), vcpu->arch.l1_tsc_scaling_ratio);
+ tsc = kvm_scale_tsc(host_tsc, vcpu->arch.l1_tsc_scaling_ratio);
return target_tsc - tsc;
}
@@ -2859,7 +2860,7 @@ static void kvm_synchronize_tsc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *user_value)
bool synchronizing = false;
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&kvm->arch.tsc_write_lock, flags);
- offset = kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset(vcpu, data);
+ offset = kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset(vcpu, rdtsc(), data);
ns = get_kvmclock_base_ns();
elapsed = ns - kvm->arch.last_tsc_nsec;
@@ -2908,7 +2909,7 @@ static void kvm_synchronize_tsc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *user_value)
} else {
u64 delta = nsec_to_cycles(vcpu, elapsed);
data += delta;
- offset = kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset(vcpu, data);
+ offset = kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset(vcpu, rdtsc(), data);
}
matched = true;
}
@@ -4143,7 +4144,8 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
if (msr_info->host_initiated) {
kvm_synchronize_tsc(vcpu, &data);
} else if (!vcpu->arch.guest_tsc_protected) {
- u64 adj = kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset(vcpu, data) - vcpu->arch.l1_tsc_offset;
+ u64 adj = kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset(vcpu, rdtsc(), data) -
+ vcpu->arch.l1_tsc_offset;
adjust_tsc_offset_guest(vcpu, adj);
vcpu->arch.ia32_tsc_adjust_msr += adj;
}
@@ -5267,7 +5269,7 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
mark_tsc_unstable("KVM discovered backwards TSC");
if (kvm_check_tsc_unstable()) {
- u64 offset = kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset(vcpu,
+ u64 offset = kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset(vcpu, rdtsc(),
vcpu->arch.last_guest_tsc);
kvm_vcpu_write_tsc_offset(vcpu, offset);
if (!vcpu->arch.guest_tsc_protected)
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-09 22:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-09 22:46 [PATCH v4] 00/30] Cleaning up the KVM clock mess David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 01/30] KVM: x86/xen: Do not corrupt KVM clock in kvm_xen_shared_info_init() David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 02/30] KVM: x86: Improve accuracy of KVM clock when TSC scaling is in force David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 03/30] UAPI: x86: Move pvclock-abi to UAPI for x86 platforms David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 04/30] KVM: x86: Add KVM_[GS]ET_CLOCK_GUEST for accurate KVM clock migration David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 05/30] KVM: selftests: Add KVM/PV clock selftest to prove timer correction David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 06/30] KVM: x86: Explicitly disable TSC scaling without CONSTANT_TSC David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 07/30] KVM: x86: Add KVM_VCPU_TSC_SCALE and fix the documentation on TSC migration David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 08/30] KVM: x86: Avoid NTP frequency skew for KVM clock on 32-bit host David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 09/30] KVM: x86: WARN if kvm_get_walltime_and_clockread() fails unexpectedly David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 10/30] KVM: x86: Fold __get_kvmclock() into get_kvmclock() David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 11/30] KVM: x86: Add WARN and restructure get_kvmclock() David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 12/30] KVM: x86: Use get_kvmclock_base_ns() as fallback in get_kvmclock() David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 13/30] KVM: x86: Fix KVM clock precision in get_kvmclock() with TSC scaling David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 14/30] KVM: x86: Use get_kvmclock() in kvm_get_wall_clock_epoch() David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 15/30] KVM: x86: Fix compute_guest_tsc() to handle negative time deltas David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 16/30] KVM: x86: Restructure kvm_guest_time_update() for TSC upscaling David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 17/30] KVM: x86: Simplify and comment kvm_get_time_scale() David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 19/30] KVM: x86: Improve synchronization in kvm_synchronize_tsc() David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 20/30] KVM: x86: Kill last_tsc_{nsec,write,offset} fields David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 21/30] KVM: x86: Replace nr_vcpus_matched_tsc count with all_vcpus_matched_tsc bool David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 22/30] KVM: x86: Allow KVM master clock mode when TSCs are offset from each other David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 23/30] KVM: x86: Factor out kvm_use_master_clock() David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 24/30] KVM: x86: Avoid gratuitous global clock updates David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 25/30] KVM: x86/xen: Prevent runstate times from becoming negative David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 26/30] KVM: x86: Avoid redundant masterclock updates from multiple vCPUs David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 27/30] KVM: x86: Add KVM_VCPU_TSC_EFFECTIVE_FREQ attribute David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 28/30] KVM: x86: Remove runtime Xen TSC frequency CPUID update David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 29/30] x86/kvm: Obtain TSC frequency from CPUID if present David Woodhouse
2026-05-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v4 30/30] x86/xen: " David Woodhouse
2026-05-10 20:56 ` [PATCH v4 33/30] KVM: selftests: Add Xen runstate migration test David Woodhouse
2026-05-10 20:58 ` [PATCH v4 31/30] KVM: selftests: Add Xen/generic CPUID timing leaf test David Woodhouse
2026-05-10 21:05 ` [PATCH v4 32/30] KVM: x86: Re-synchronize TSC after KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ David Woodhouse
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