Re: [patch 01/16] KVM: x86: retain pvclock guest stopped bit in guest memory

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On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 08:46:57PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Otherwise its possible for an unrelated KVM_REQ_UPDATE_CLOCK (such as due to CPU
> migration) to clear the bit.
> 
> Noticed by Paolo Bonzini.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
Reviewed-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>

Small nitpick bellow.

Also do we really need to call kvm_guest_time_update() on a guest pause?
Wouldn't separate request bit, which only sets the flag, suffice?

> Index: vsyscall/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> ===================================================================
> --- vsyscall.orig/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ vsyscall/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -1143,6 +1143,7 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct 
>  	unsigned long this_tsc_khz;
>  	s64 kernel_ns, max_kernel_ns;
>  	u64 tsc_timestamp;
> +	struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *guest_hv_clock;
>  	u8 pvclock_flags;
>  
>  	/* Keep irq disabled to prevent changes to the clock */
> @@ -1226,13 +1227,6 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct 
>  	vcpu->last_kernel_ns = kernel_ns;
>  	vcpu->last_guest_tsc = tsc_timestamp;
>  
> -	pvclock_flags = 0;
> -	if (vcpu->pvclock_set_guest_stopped_request) {
> -		pvclock_flags |= PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED;
> -		vcpu->pvclock_set_guest_stopped_request = false;
> -	}
> -
> -	vcpu->hv_clock.flags = pvclock_flags;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * The interface expects us to write an even number signaling that the
> @@ -1243,6 +1237,18 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct 
>  
>  	shared_kaddr = kmap_atomic(vcpu->time_page);
>  
> +	guest_hv_clock = shared_kaddr + vcpu->time_offset;
> +
> +	/* retain PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED if set in guest copy */
> +	pvclock_flags = (guest_hv_clock->flags & PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED);
> +
> +	if (vcpu->pvclock_set_guest_stopped_request) {
> +		pvclock_flags |= PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED;
> +		vcpu->pvclock_set_guest_stopped_request = false;
> +	}
> +
> +	vcpu->hv_clock.flags = pvclock_flags;
> +
>  	memcpy(shared_kaddr + vcpu->time_offset, &vcpu->hv_clock,
We can use guest_hv_clock here now.

>  	       sizeof(vcpu->hv_clock));
>  
> 

--
			Gleb.
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