Re: [QEMU patch 2/2] kvm: allow configuration of tsc deadline timer advancement

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On 10/12/2014 17:23, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Add machine option and QMP commands to configure TSC deadline
> timer advancement.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  monitor.c         |   15 ++++++++++
>  qapi-schema.json  |   29 +++++++++++++++++++
>  qmp-commands.hx   |   48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  target-i386/kvm.c |   80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  vl.c              |    4 ++
>  5 files changed, 176 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: qemu.tscdeadline/qapi-schema.json
> ===================================================================
> --- qemu.tscdeadline.orig/qapi-schema.json
> +++ qemu.tscdeadline/qapi-schema.json
> @@ -3515,3 +3515,32 @@
>  # Since: 2.1
>  ##
>  { 'command': 'rtc-reset-reinjection' }
> +
> +##
> +# @set-lapic-tscdeadline-advance
> +#
> +# This command sets the TSC deadline timer advancement.
> +# This value will be subtracted from the expiration time
> +# of the high resolution timer which emulates
> +# TSC deadline timer.
> +#
> +# Useful to achieve low timer latencies.
> +#
> +# Only supported by KVM acceleration.
> +#
> +# Since: 2.3
> +##
> +{ 'command': 'set-lapic-tscdeadline-advance',
> +  'data': { 'advance':'int' }
> +}
> +
> +##
> +# @get-lapic-tscdeadline-advance
> +#
> +# This command gets the TSC deadline timer advancement.
> +#
> +# Only supported by KVM acceleration.
> +#
> +# Since: 2.3
> +##
> +{ 'command': 'get-lapic-tscdeadline-advance', 'returns': 'int' }

Please add an object property to the x86 CPU object.  It can then be
configured with "-global" on the command line.

> +    ret = kvm_vm_ioctl(s, KVM_SET_TSCDEADLINE_ADVANCE, &adv);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        return ret;
> +    }

Please use KVM_GET/SET_ONE_REG instead of introducing a new set of ioctls.

Paolo

> +    lapic_tscdeadline_advance.advance_ns = advance;
> +
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
>  int kvm_arch_init(KVMState *s)
>  {
>      uint64_t identity_base = 0xfffbc000;
>      uint64_t shadow_mem;
>      int ret;
>      struct utsname utsname;
> +    uint32_t lapic_advance_ns;
>  
>      ret = kvm_get_supported_msrs(s);
>      if (ret < 0) {
> @@ -894,9 +919,40 @@ int kvm_arch_init(KVMState *s)
>              return ret;
>          }
>      }
> +
> +    lapic_advance_ns = qemu_opt_get_number(qemu_get_machine_opts(),
> +                                           "lapic-tscdeadline-advance",
> +                                           0);
> +    if (lapic_advance_ns) {
> +        ret = kvm_set_lapic_tscdeadline(s, lapic_advance_ns);
> +        if (ret) {
> +            fprintf(stderr, "Set tscdeadline advance failed: %s\n",
> +                    strerror(-ret));
> +            return ret;
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +
>      return 0;
>  }
>  
> +int64_t qmp_get_lapic_tscdeadline_advance(Error **errp)
> +{
> +    return lapic_tscdeadline_advance.advance_ns;
> +}
> +
> +void qmp_set_lapic_tscdeadline_advance(int64_t advance, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    KVMState *s = kvm_state;
> +    int ret;
> +
> +    ret = kvm_set_lapic_tscdeadline(s, advance);
> +    if (ret) {
> +        error_setg_errno(errp, ret, "set lapic tscdeadline failed");
> +        return;
> +    }
> +}
> +
>  static void set_v8086_seg(struct kvm_segment *lhs, const SegmentCache *rhs)
>  {
>      lhs->selector = rhs->selector;
> Index: qemu.tscdeadline/monitor.c
> ===================================================================
> --- qemu.tscdeadline.orig/monitor.c
> +++ qemu.tscdeadline/monitor.c
> @@ -5447,3 +5447,18 @@ void qmp_rtc_reset_reinjection(Error **e
>      error_set(errp, QERR_FEATURE_DISABLED, "rtc-reset-reinjection");
>  }
>  #endif
> +
> +#if !defined (TARGET_I386) || !defined (CONFIG_KVM)
> +int64_t qmp_get_lapic_tscdeadline_advance(Error **errp)
> +{
> +    error_set(errp, QERR_FEATURE_DISABLED, "get-lapic-tscdeadline-advance");
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +void qmp_set_lapic_tscdeadline_advance(int64_t advance, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    error_set(errp, QERR_FEATURE_DISABLED, "set-lapic-tscdeadline-advance");
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> Index: qemu.tscdeadline/include/hw/boards.h
> ===================================================================
> --- qemu.tscdeadline.orig/include/hw/boards.h
> +++ qemu.tscdeadline/include/hw/boards.h
> @@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ struct MachineState {
>      bool usb;
>      char *firmware;
>      bool iommu;
> +    int lapi_tscdeadline_advance;
>  
>      ram_addr_t ram_size;
>      ram_addr_t maxram_size;
> Index: qemu.tscdeadline/qemu-options.hx
> ===================================================================
> --- qemu.tscdeadline.orig/qemu-options.hx
> +++ qemu.tscdeadline/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ DEF("machine", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mach
>      "                kvm_shadow_mem=size of KVM shadow MMU\n"
>      "                dump-guest-core=on|off include guest memory in a core dump (default=on)\n"
>      "                mem-merge=on|off controls memory merge support (default: on)\n"
> -    "                iommu=on|off controls emulated Intel IOMMU (VT-d) support (default=off)\n",
> +    "                iommu=on|off controls emulated Intel IOMMU (VT-d) support (default=off)\n"
> +    "                lapic-tscdeadline-advance=value controls LAPIC tscdeadline timer advancement (default=0)\n",
>      QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
>  STEXI
>  @item -machine [type=]@var{name}[,prop=@var{value}[,...]]
> @@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ the host, de-duplicates identical memory
>  (enabled by default).
>  @item iommu=on|off
>  Enables or disables emulated Intel IOMMU (VT-d) support. The default is off.
> +@item lapic-tscdeadline-advance=value
> +Defines the advancement of LAPIC TSC deadline timer, in nanoseconds.
>  @end table
>  ETEXI
>  
> Index: qemu.tscdeadline/hw/core/machine.c
> ===================================================================
> --- qemu.tscdeadline.orig/hw/core/machine.c
> +++ qemu.tscdeadline/hw/core/machine.c
> @@ -72,6 +72,35 @@ static void machine_set_kvm_shadow_mem(O
>      ms->kvm_shadow_mem = value;
>  }
>  
> +static void machine_get_lapic_tscdeadline_advance(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
> +                                                  void *opaque,
> +                                                  const char *name,
> +                                                  Error **errp)
> +{
> +    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
> +    int64_t value = ms->kvm_shadow_mem;
> +
> +    visit_type_int(v, &value, name, errp);
> +}
> +
> +static void machine_set_lapic_tscdeadline_advance(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
> +                                                  void *opaque,
> +                                                  const char *name,
> +                                                  Error **errp)
> +{
> +    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
> +    Error *error = NULL;
> +    int64_t value;
> +
> +    visit_type_int(v, &value, name, &error);
> +    if (error) {
> +        error_propagate(errp, error);
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    ms->lapi_tscdeadline_advance = value;
> +}
> +
>  static char *machine_get_kernel(Object *obj, Error **errp)
>  {
>      MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
> @@ -299,6 +328,10 @@ static void machine_initfn(Object *obj)
>                          machine_get_kvm_shadow_mem,
>                          machine_set_kvm_shadow_mem,
>                          NULL, NULL, NULL);
> +    object_property_add(obj, "lapic-tscdeadline-advance", "int",
> +                        machine_get_lapic_tscdeadline_advance,
> +                        machine_set_lapic_tscdeadline_advance,
> +                        NULL, NULL, NULL);
>      object_property_add_str(obj, "kernel",
>                              machine_get_kernel, machine_set_kernel, NULL);
>      object_property_add_str(obj, "initrd",
> 
> 
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