From: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
To: xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Cc: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>,
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>,
Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] x86/viridian: Add partition time reference counter MSR support
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 16:21:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1406906491-38243-2-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1406906491-38243-1-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
This patch optionally re-instates support for the partition time reference
counter that was previously introduced by commit
e36cd2cdc9674a7a4855d21fb7b3e6e17c4bb33b and reverted by commit
1cd4fab14ce25859efa4a2af13475e6650a5506c. The previous implementation was
non-optional and flawed.
The counter value used in this implementation properly fulfils the
documented semantics of the MSR.
Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
Cc: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
---
docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c | 2 ++
xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
xen/include/asm-x86/perfc_defn.h | 1 +
xen/include/public/hvm/params.h | 9 ++++++++-
5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
index d770114..b1daf4a 100644
--- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
+++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
@@ -1098,23 +1098,30 @@ This set incorporates the Hypercall MSRs, Virtual processor index MSR,
and APIC access MSRs. This set is a pre-requisite for all other sets.
If it is not specified then all enlightenments will be disabled.
+These enlightenments can improve performance of Windows Vista and Windows
+Server 2008 onwards and setting this option for such guests is strongly
+recommended.
+
=item B<freq>
This set incorporates the TSC and APIC frequency MSRs.
+This enlightenment can improve performance of Windows 7 and Windows
+Server 2008 R2 onwards.
+
+=item B<time-ref-count>
+
+This set incorporates Partition Time Reference Counter MSR.
+
+This enlightenment can improve performance of Windows 8 and Windows
+Server 2012 onwards.
+
=back
See the latest version of Microsoft's Hypervisor Top-Level Functional
Specification for more details.
-This base set of enlightenments can improve performance of Windows Vista
-and Windows Server 2008 onwards and setting this option for such guests is
-strongly recommended.
-
-The TSC and APIC frequency MSRs can improve performance of Microsoft
-Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 onwards.
-
-The enlightenments should be harmless for other versions of Windows
+The viridian enlightenments should be harmless for other versions of Windows
(although they will not give any benefit) and the majority of other
non-Windows OSes.
However it is known that they are incompatible with some other Operating
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
index a15c185..1ebdecd 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ static void hvm_set_viridian_features(libxl__gc *gc, uint32_t domid,
feature_mask |= HVMPV_base_freq;
else if (strcmp(*p, "freq") == 0)
feature_mask &= ~HVMPV_no_freq;
+ else if (strcmp(*p, "time-ref-count") == 0)
+ feature_mask |= HVMPV_time_ref_count;
p++;
}
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian.c
index 891b21f..f0bfa8f 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/viridian.c
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
#define HvNotifyLongSpinWait 8
/* Viridian CPUID 4000003, Viridian MSR availability. */
-#define CPUID3A_MSR_REF_COUNT (1 << 1)
-#define CPUID3A_MSR_APIC_ACCESS (1 << 4)
-#define CPUID3A_MSR_HYPERCALL (1 << 5)
-#define CPUID3A_MSR_VP_INDEX (1 << 6)
-#define CPUID3A_MSR_FREQ (1 << 11)
+#define CPUID3A_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT (1 << 1)
+#define CPUID3A_MSR_APIC_ACCESS (1 << 4)
+#define CPUID3A_MSR_HYPERCALL (1 << 5)
+#define CPUID3A_MSR_VP_INDEX (1 << 6)
+#define CPUID3A_MSR_FREQ (1 << 11)
/* Viridian CPUID 4000004, Implementation Recommendations. */
#define CPUID4A_MSR_BASED_APIC (1 << 3)
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ int cpuid_viridian_leaves(unsigned int leaf, unsigned int *eax,
CPUID3A_MSR_VP_INDEX);
if ( ~viridian_feature_mask(d) & HVMPV_no_freq )
*eax |= CPUID3A_MSR_FREQ;
+ if ( viridian_feature_mask(d) & HVMPV_time_ref_count )
+ *eax |= CPUID3A_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT;
break;
case 4:
/* Recommended hypercall usage. */
@@ -344,6 +346,20 @@ int rdmsr_viridian_regs(uint32_t idx, uint64_t *val)
*val = v->arch.hvm_vcpu.viridian.apic_assist.raw;
break;
+
+ case VIRIDIAN_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT:
+ {
+ uint64_t sec, nsec;
+
+ if ( ~viridian_feature_mask(d) & HVMPV_time_ref_count )
+ return 0;
+
+ perfc_incr(mshv_rdmsr_time_ref_count);
+ sec = shared_info(d, wc_sec);
+ nsec = shared_info(d, wc_nsec);
+ *val = (SECONDS(sec) + nsec + NOW()) / 100ul;
+ break;
+ }
default:
return 0;
}
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/perfc_defn.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/perfc_defn.h
index 7d802cc..170da00 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/perfc_defn.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/perfc_defn.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ PERFCOUNTER(mshv_rdmsr_hc_page, "MS Hv rdmsr hypercall page")
PERFCOUNTER(mshv_rdmsr_vp_index, "MS Hv rdmsr vp index")
PERFCOUNTER(mshv_rdmsr_tsc_frequency, "MS Hv rdmsr TSC frequency")
PERFCOUNTER(mshv_rdmsr_apic_frequency, "MS Hv rdmsr APIC frequency")
+PERFCOUNTER(mshv_rdmsr_time_ref_count, "MS Hv rdmsr time ref count")
PERFCOUNTER(mshv_rdmsr_icr, "MS Hv rdmsr icr")
PERFCOUNTER(mshv_rdmsr_tpr, "MS Hv rdmsr tpr")
PERFCOUNTER(mshv_rdmsr_apic_assist, "MS Hv rdmsr APIC assist")
diff --git a/xen/include/public/hvm/params.h b/xen/include/public/hvm/params.h
index 68d26fd..5e27e41 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/hvm/params.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/hvm/params.h
@@ -88,7 +88,14 @@
#define _HVMPV_no_freq 1
#define HVMPV_no_freq (1 << _HVMPV_no_freq)
-#define HVMPV_feature_mask (HVMPV_base_freq|HVMPV_no_freq)
+/* Enable Partition Time Reference Counter (HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT) */
+#define _HVMPV_time_ref_count 2
+#define HVMPV_time_ref_count (1 << _HVMPV_time_ref_count)
+
+#define HVMPV_feature_mask \
+ (HVMPV_base_freq| \
+ HVMPV_no_freq| \
+ HVMPV_time_ref_count)
#endif
--
1.7.10.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-01 15:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-01 15:21 [PATCH 1/2] x86/viridian: Re-purpose the HVM parameter to be a feature mask Paul Durrant
2014-08-01 15:21 ` Paul Durrant [this message]
2014-08-01 15:51 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/viridian: Add partition time reference counter MSR support Jan Beulich
2014-08-01 16:11 ` Paul Durrant
2014-08-01 15:41 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/viridian: Re-purpose the HVM parameter to be a feature mask Jan Beulich
2014-08-01 15:56 ` Paul Durrant
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