Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/vdso: Add VCLOCK_HVCLOCK vDSO clock read method

Thomas Gleixner
2017-02-09T17:08:22Z

On Thu, 9 Feb 2017, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HYPERV_TSCPAGE
> +static notrace u64 vread_hvclock(int *mode)
> +{
> + const struct ms_hyperv_tsc_page *tsc_pg =
> + (const struct ms_hyperv_tsc_page *)&hvclock_page;
> + u64 sequence, scale, offset, current_tick, cur_tsc;
> +
> + while (1) {
> + sequence = READ_ONCE(tsc_pg->tsc_sequence);
> + if (!sequence)
> + break;
> +
> + scale = READ_ONCE(tsc_pg->tsc_scale);
> + offset = READ_ONCE(tsc_pg->tsc_offset);
> + rdtscll(cur_tsc);
> +
> + current_tick = mul_u64_u64_shr(cur_tsc, scale, 64) + offset;
> +
> + if (READ_ONCE(tsc_pg->tsc_sequence) == sequence)
> + return current_tick;

That sequence stuff lacks still a sensible explanation. It's fundamentally
different from the sequence counting we do in the kernel, so documentation
for it is really required.

Thanks,

tglx