Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This patch, relative to pre-copy migration codepath, > measures the time between vm_stop() and pre_save(), > which includes copying the remaining RAM to destination, > and advances the clock by that amount. > > In a VM with 5 seconds downtime, this reduces the guest > clock difference on destination from 5s to 0.2s. > > Please do not apply this yet as some codepaths still need > checking, submitting early for comments. > > Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx> You can use an optional section, and then you don't need to increase the version number. I believe you that the clock manipulation is right, only talking about the migration bits. > +static uint64_t clock_delta(struct timespec *before, struct timespec *after) > +{ > + if (before->tv_sec > after->tv_sec || > + (before->tv_sec == after->tv_sec && > + before->tv_nsec > after->tv_nsec)) { > + fprintf(stderr, "clock_delta failed: before=(%ld sec, %ld nsec)," > + "after=(%ld sec, %ld nsec)\n", before->tv_sec, > + before->tv_nsec, after->tv_sec, after->tv_nsec); > + abort(); > + } > + > + return (after->tv_sec - before->tv_sec) * 1000000000ULL + > + after->tv_nsec - before->tv_nsec; > +} I can't believe that we don't have a helper function already to calculate this.... > + > +static void kvmclock_pre_save(void *opaque) > +{ > + KVMClockState *s = opaque; > + struct timespec now; > + uint64_t ns; > + > + if (s->t_aftervmstop.tv_sec == 0) { > + return; > + } You have your test here. > + > + clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now); > + > + ns = clock_delta(&s->t_aftervmstop, &now); > + > + /* > + * Linux guests can overflow if time jumps > + * forward in large increments. > + * Cap maximum adjustment to 10 minutes. > + */ > + ns = MIN(ns, 600000000000ULL); > + > + if (s->clock + ns > s->clock) { > + s->ns = ns; Would it be a good idea to print an error message here? If it has been more than 10mins since we did the vmstop, something got wrong here. > + } > +} > + > +static int kvmclock_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id) > +{ > + KVMClockState *s = opaque; > + > + /* save the value from incoming migration */ > + s->advance_clock = s->ns; > + > + return 0; > +} > + > static const VMStateDescription kvmclock_vmsd = { > .name = "kvmclock", > - .version_id = 1, > + .version_id = 2, > .minimum_version_id = 1, > + .pre_save = kvmclock_pre_save, > + .post_load = kvmclock_post_load, > .fields = (VMStateField[]) { > VMSTATE_UINT64(clock, KVMClockState), > + VMSTATE_UINT64_V(ns, KVMClockState, 2), > VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST() > } > }; If you need help with the subsection stuff, just ask. Later, Juan. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html