From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v5 02/34] KVM: x86: Improve accuracy of KVM clock when TSC scaling is in force
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 15:47:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260608145455.89187-3-dwmw2@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260608145455.89187-1-dwmw2@infradead.org>
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
The kvm_guest_time_update() function scales the host TSC frequency to
the guest's using kvm_scale_tsc() and the v->arch.l1_tsc_scaling_ratio
scaling ratio previously calculated for that vCPU. Then calculates the
scaling factors for the KVM clock itself based on that guest TSC
frequency.
However, it uses kHz as the unit when scaling, and then multiplies by
1000 only at the end.
With a host TSC frequency of 3000MHz and a guest set to 2500MHz, the
result of kvm_scale_tsc() will actually come out at 2,499,999kHz. So
the KVM clock advertised to the guest is based on a frequency of
2,499,999,000 Hz.
By using Hz as the unit from the beginning, the KVM clock would be based
on a more accurate frequency of 2,499,999,999 Hz in this example.
Use u64 for the hw_tsc_hz field since an unsigned int would overflow for
TSC frequencies above 4GHz. Use div_u64() for the Xen CPUID leaf to
play nice with 32-bit kernels.
Fixes: 78db6a503796 ("KVM: x86: rewrite handling of scaled TSC for kvmclock")
Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 17 +++++++++--------
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index c470e40a00aa..37264212c7df 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
gpa_t time;
s8 pvclock_tsc_shift;
u32 pvclock_tsc_mul;
- unsigned int hw_tsc_khz;
+ u64 hw_tsc_hz;
struct gfn_to_pfn_cache pv_time;
/* set guest stopped flag in pvclock flags field */
bool pvclock_set_guest_stopped_request;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index e69156b54cff..621d950ec692 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -2131,7 +2131,7 @@ bool kvm_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 *eax, u32 *ebx,
*ecx = vcpu->arch.pvclock_tsc_mul;
*edx = vcpu->arch.pvclock_tsc_shift;
} else if (index == 2) {
- *eax = vcpu->arch.hw_tsc_khz;
+ *eax = div_u64(vcpu->arch.hw_tsc_hz, 1000);
}
}
} else {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0a1b63c63d1a..d9ef165df6a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3314,7 +3314,8 @@ static void kvm_setup_guest_pvclock(struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *ref_hv_clock,
int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
{
struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info hv_clock = {};
- unsigned long flags, tgt_tsc_khz;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ u64 tgt_tsc_hz;
unsigned seq;
struct kvm_vcpu_arch *vcpu = &v->arch;
struct kvm_arch *ka = &v->kvm->arch;
@@ -3340,8 +3341,8 @@ int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
/* Keep irq disabled to prevent changes to the clock */
local_irq_save(flags);
- tgt_tsc_khz = get_cpu_tsc_khz();
- if (unlikely(tgt_tsc_khz == 0)) {
+ tgt_tsc_hz = (u64)get_cpu_tsc_khz() * 1000;
+ if (unlikely(tgt_tsc_hz == 0)) {
local_irq_restore(flags);
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, v);
return 1;
@@ -3376,16 +3377,16 @@ int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
/* With all the info we got, fill in the values */
if (kvm_caps.has_tsc_control) {
- tgt_tsc_khz = kvm_scale_tsc(tgt_tsc_khz,
+ tgt_tsc_hz = kvm_scale_tsc(tgt_tsc_hz,
v->arch.l1_tsc_scaling_ratio);
- tgt_tsc_khz = tgt_tsc_khz ? : 1;
+ tgt_tsc_hz = tgt_tsc_hz ? : 1;
}
- if (unlikely(vcpu->hw_tsc_khz != tgt_tsc_khz)) {
- kvm_get_time_scale(NSEC_PER_SEC, tgt_tsc_khz * 1000LL,
+ if (unlikely(vcpu->hw_tsc_hz != tgt_tsc_hz)) {
+ kvm_get_time_scale(NSEC_PER_SEC, tgt_tsc_hz,
&vcpu->pvclock_tsc_shift,
&vcpu->pvclock_tsc_mul);
- vcpu->hw_tsc_khz = tgt_tsc_khz;
+ vcpu->hw_tsc_hz = tgt_tsc_hz;
}
hv_clock.tsc_shift = vcpu->pvclock_tsc_shift;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-08 14:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-08 14:47 [PATCH v5 00/34] Cleaning up the KVM clock mess David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 01/34] KVM: x86/xen: Do not corrupt KVM clock in kvm_xen_shared_info_init() David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 03/34] UAPI: x86: Move pvclock-abi to UAPI for x86 platforms David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 04/34] KVM: x86: Add KVM_[GS]ET_CLOCK_GUEST for accurate KVM clock migration David Woodhouse
2026-06-16 6:47 ` Dongli Zhang
2026-06-16 11:13 ` David Woodhouse
2026-06-23 8:50 ` David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 05/34] KVM: selftests: Add KVM/PV clock selftest to prove timer correction David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 06/34] KVM: x86: Explicitly disable TSC scaling without CONSTANT_TSC David Woodhouse
2026-07-01 21:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 07/34] KVM: x86: Activate master clock immediately on vCPU creation David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 08/34] KVM: x86: Add KVM_VCPU_TSC_SCALE and fix the documentation on TSC migration David Woodhouse
2026-06-09 23:26 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-07-01 21:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 09/34] KVM: x86: Avoid NTP frequency skew for KVM clock on 32-bit host David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 10/34] KVM: x86: Fold __get_kvmclock() into get_kvmclock() David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 11/34] KVM: x86: Restructure get_kvmclock() David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 12/34] KVM: x86: Fix KVM clock precision in get_kvmclock() with TSC scaling David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 13/34] KVM: x86: Use get_kvmclock() in kvm_get_wall_clock_epoch() David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 14/34] KVM: x86: Fix compute_guest_tsc() to handle negative time deltas David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 15/34] KVM: x86: Restructure kvm_guest_time_update() for TSC upscaling David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 16/34] KVM: x86: Simplify and comment kvm_get_time_scale() David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 17/34] KVM: x86: Remove implicit rdtsc() from kvm_compute_l1_tsc_offset() David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:47 ` [PATCH v5 18/34] KVM: x86: Improve synchronization in kvm_synchronize_tsc() David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 19/34] KVM: x86: Kill last_tsc_{nsec,write,offset} fields David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 20/34] KVM: x86: Replace nr_vcpus_matched_tsc count with all_vcpus_matched_tsc bool David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 21/34] KVM: x86: Allow KVM master clock mode when TSCs are offset from each other David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 22/34] KVM: selftests: Add master clock offset test David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 23/34] KVM: x86: Factor out kvm_use_master_clock() David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 24/34] KVM: x86: Avoid gratuitous global clock updates David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 25/34] KVM: x86/xen: Prevent runstate times from becoming negative David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 26/34] KVM: x86: Avoid redundant masterclock updates from multiple vCPUs David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 27/34] KVM: x86: Remove runtime Xen TSC frequency CPUID update David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 28/34] KVM: selftests: Add Xen/generic CPUID timing leaf test David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 29/34] KVM: x86: Re-synchronize TSC after KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 30/34] KVM: selftests: Add Xen runstate migration test David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 31/34] KVM: x86: Use ktime_get_snapshot_id() for master clock David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 32/34] KVM: x86: Compute kvmclock base without pvclock_gtod_data David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 33/34] KVM: x86: Replace pvclock_gtod_data vclock_mode with boolean David Woodhouse
2026-06-08 14:48 ` [PATCH v5 34/34] KVM: x86: Remove pvclock_gtod_data and private timekeeping code David Woodhouse
2026-06-09 18:50 ` [PATCH v5 00/34] Cleaning up the KVM clock mess David Woodhouse
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