Re: [patch 1/4] KVM: x86: provide realtime host clock via vsyscall notifiers

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24/01/2017 18:09, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Expose the realtime host clock and save the TSC value
> used for the clock calculation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
> 
> v2: unify nsec_base (Radim)
> 
> Index: kvm-ptpdriver/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> ===================================================================
> --- kvm-ptpdriver.orig/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c	2017-01-13 16:43:15.013244682 -0200
> +++ kvm-ptpdriver/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c	2017-01-20 09:56:41.404534904 -0200
> @@ -1139,6 +1139,7 @@
>  
>  	u64		boot_ns;
>  	u64		nsec_base;
> +	u64		wall_time_sec;
>  };
>  
>  static struct pvclock_gtod_data pvclock_gtod_data;
> @@ -1162,6 +1163,8 @@
>  	vdata->boot_ns			= boot_ns;
>  	vdata->nsec_base		= tk->tkr_mono.xtime_nsec;
>  
> +	vdata->wall_time_sec            = tk->xtime_sec;
> +
>  	write_seqcount_end(&vdata->seq);
>  }
>  #endif
> @@ -1623,6 +1626,28 @@
>  	return mode;
>  }
>  
> +static int do_realtime(struct timespec *ts, cycle_t *cycle_now)
> +{
> +	struct pvclock_gtod_data *gtod = &pvclock_gtod_data;
> +	unsigned long seq;
> +	int mode;
> +	u64 ns;
> +
> +	do {
> +		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&gtod->seq);
> +		mode = gtod->clock.vclock_mode;
> +		ts->tv_sec = gtod->wall_time_sec;
> +		ns = gtod->nsec_base;
> +		ns += vgettsc(cycle_now);
> +		ns >>= gtod->clock.shift;
> +	} while (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&gtod->seq, seq)));
> +
> +	ts->tv_sec += __iter_div_u64_rem(ns, NSEC_PER_SEC, &ns);
> +	ts->tv_nsec = ns;
> +
> +	return mode;
> +}
> +
>  /* returns true if host is using tsc clocksource */
>  static bool kvm_get_time_and_clockread(s64 *kernel_ns, cycle_t *cycle_now)
>  {
> @@ -1632,6 +1657,17 @@
>  
>  	return do_monotonic_boot(kernel_ns, cycle_now) == VCLOCK_TSC;
>  }
> +
> +/* returns true if host is using tsc clocksource */
> +static bool kvm_get_walltime_and_clockread(struct timespec *ts,
> +					   cycle_t *cycle_now)
> +{
> +	/* checked again under seqlock below */
> +	if (pvclock_gtod_data.clock.vclock_mode != VCLOCK_TSC)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	return do_realtime(ts, cycle_now) == VCLOCK_TSC;
> +}
>  #endif
>  
>  /*
> 
> 
> 

Only used in the next patch, will squash.  Also, cycle_t is gone now so
use u64 instead.

Paolo