Re: [PATCH] KVM: lapic: remove timer spikes on target expectation

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2018-04-22 0:30 GMT+08:00 Anthoine Bourgeois
<anthoine.bourgeois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Since the commit "8003c9ae204e: add APIC Timer periodic/oneshot mode VMX
> preemption timer support", a Windows 10 guest has some erratic timer
> spikes after few hours.  As the uptime of the VM grows the spikes are
> larger.
>
> Here the results on a 150000 times 1ms timer without any load:
>           Before 8003c9ae204e | After 8003c9ae204e
> Max           1834us          |  86000us
> Mean          1100us          |   1021us
> Deviation       59us          |    149us
> Here the results on a 150000 times 1ms timer with a cpu-z stress test:
>           Before 8003c9ae204e | After 8003c9ae204e
> Max          32000us          | 140000us
> Mean          1006us          |   1997us
> Deviation      140us          |  11095us
>

In your testing, preemption_timer kvm_intel parameter is N, right? In
addition, could you post the testcase?

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

> The current patch partially revert the previous commit by removing the
> target timer expectation to go back to the straight hrtimer calls.  The
> APIC Timer periodic/oneshot mode support is kept because it is necessary
> on the new Windows Spring update.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anthoine Bourgeois <anthoine.bourgeois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h |  1 -
>  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 70dcb5548022..d88cf12259ef 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ static void apic_send_ipi(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>
>  static u32 apic_get_tmcct(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>  {
> -       ktime_t remaining, now;
> +       ktime_t remaining;
>         s64 ns;
>         u32 tmcct;
>
> @@ -1184,8 +1184,7 @@ static u32 apic_get_tmcct(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>                 apic->lapic_timer.period == 0)
>                 return 0;
>
> -       now = ktime_get();
> -       remaining = ktime_sub(apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration, now);
> +       remaining = hrtimer_get_remaining(&apic->lapic_timer.timer);
>         if (ktime_to_ns(remaining) < 0)
>                 remaining = 0;
>
> @@ -1465,32 +1464,48 @@ static void start_sw_tscdeadline(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>
>  static void start_sw_period(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>  {
> +       ktime_t now;
> +
> +       /* lapic timer in oneshot or periodic mode */
> +       now = ktime_get();
> +       apic->lapic_timer.period = (u64)kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_TMICT)
> +                   * APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS * apic->divide_count;
> +
>         if (!apic->lapic_timer.period)
>                 return;
>
> -       if (apic_lvtt_oneshot(apic) &&
> -           ktime_after(ktime_get(),
> -                       apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration)) {
> +       limit_periodic_timer_frequency(apic);
> +
> +       if (apic_lvtt_oneshot(apic)) {
>                 apic_timer_expired(apic);
>                 return;
>         }
>
>         hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer,
> -               apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration,
> +               ktime_add_ns(now, apic->lapic_timer.period),
>                 HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
> +
> +       apic_debug("%s: bus cycle is %" PRId64 "ns, now 0x%016"
> +                  PRIx64 ", "
> +                  "timer initial count 0x%x, period %lldns, "
> +                  "expire @ 0x%016" PRIx64 ".\n", __func__,
> +                  APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS, ktime_to_ns(now),
> +                  kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_TMICT),
> +                  apic->lapic_timer.period,
> +                  ktime_to_ns(ktime_add_ns(now,
> +                               apic->lapic_timer.period)));
>  }
>
>  static void update_target_expiration(struct kvm_lapic *apic, uint32_t old_divisor)
>  {
> -       ktime_t now, remaining;
> +       ktime_t remaining;
>         u64 ns_remaining_old, ns_remaining_new;
>
>         apic->lapic_timer.period = (u64)kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_TMICT)
>                 * APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS * apic->divide_count;
>         limit_periodic_timer_frequency(apic);
>
> -       now = ktime_get();
> -       remaining = ktime_sub(apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration, now);
> +       remaining = hrtimer_get_remaining(&apic->lapic_timer.timer);
>         if (ktime_to_ns(remaining) < 0)
>                 remaining = 0;
>
> @@ -1501,15 +1516,10 @@ static void update_target_expiration(struct kvm_lapic *apic, uint32_t old_diviso
>         apic->lapic_timer.tscdeadline +=
>                 nsec_to_cycles(apic->vcpu, ns_remaining_new) -
>                 nsec_to_cycles(apic->vcpu, ns_remaining_old);
> -       apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration = ktime_add_ns(now, ns_remaining_new);
>  }
>
>  static bool set_target_expiration(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>  {
> -       ktime_t now;
> -       u64 tscl = rdtsc();
> -
> -       now = ktime_get();
>         apic->lapic_timer.period = (u64)kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_TMICT)
>                 * APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS * apic->divide_count;
>
> @@ -1520,19 +1530,8 @@ static bool set_target_expiration(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>
>         limit_periodic_timer_frequency(apic);
>
> -       apic_debug("%s: bus cycle is %" PRId64 "ns, now 0x%016"
> -                  PRIx64 ", "
> -                  "timer initial count 0x%x, period %lldns, "
> -                  "expire @ 0x%016" PRIx64 ".\n", __func__,
> -                  APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS, ktime_to_ns(now),
> -                  kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_TMICT),
> -                  apic->lapic_timer.period,
> -                  ktime_to_ns(ktime_add_ns(now,
> -                               apic->lapic_timer.period)));
> -
> -       apic->lapic_timer.tscdeadline = kvm_read_l1_tsc(apic->vcpu, tscl) +
> +       apic->lapic_timer.tscdeadline = kvm_read_l1_tsc(apic->vcpu, rdtsc()) +
>                 nsec_to_cycles(apic->vcpu, apic->lapic_timer.period);
> -       apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration = ktime_add_ns(now, apic->lapic_timer.period);
>
>         return true;
>  }
> @@ -1541,9 +1540,6 @@ static void advance_periodic_target_expiration(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>  {
>         apic->lapic_timer.tscdeadline +=
>                 nsec_to_cycles(apic->vcpu, apic->lapic_timer.period);
> -       apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration =
> -               ktime_add_ns(apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration,
> -                               apic->lapic_timer.period);
>  }
>
>  bool kvm_lapic_hv_timer_in_use(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> @@ -2216,7 +2212,6 @@ void kvm_inject_apic_timer_irqs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>                         apic->lapic_timer.tscdeadline = 0;
>                 if (apic_lvtt_oneshot(apic)) {
>                         apic->lapic_timer.tscdeadline = 0;
> -                       apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration = 0;
>                 }
>                 atomic_set(&apic->lapic_timer.pending, 0);
>         }
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
> index edce055e9fd7..56823b159e9b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
> @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
>  struct kvm_timer {
>         struct hrtimer timer;
>         s64 period;                             /* unit: ns */
> -       ktime_t target_expiration;
>         u32 timer_mode;
>         u32 timer_mode_mask;
>         u64 tscdeadline;
> --
> 2.11.0
>



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