Re: [PATCH 1/2] kvm: x86: Refine kvm_write_tsc synchronization generations

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 3:33 PM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 16/06/20 01:07, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > +             } else if (vcpu->arch.this_tsc_generation !=
> > +                        kvm->arch.cur_tsc_generation) {
> >                       u64 tsc_exp = kvm->arch.last_tsc_write +
> >                                               nsec_to_cycles(vcpu, elapsed);
> >                       u64 tsc_hz = vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_khz * 1000LL;
>
> Can this cause the same vCPU to be counted multiple times in
> nr_vcpus_matched_tsc?  I think you need to keep already_matched (see
> also the commit message for 0d3da0d26e3c, "KVM: x86: fix TSC matching",
> 2014-07-09, which introduced that variable).

No. In the case where we previously might have counted the vCPU a
second time, we now start a brand-new generation, and the vCPU is the
first to be counted for the new generation.



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