Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/2] add support for Hyper-V reference time counter

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Am 07.01.2014 10:36, schrieb Vadim Rozenfeld:
> On Thu, 2014-01-02 at 17:52 +0100, Peter Lieven wrote:
>> Am 11.12.2013 19:59, schrieb Marcelo Tosatti:
>>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 04:53:05PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 10:33:38PM +1100, Vadim Rozenfeld wrote:
>>>>> Signed-off: Peter Lieven <pl@xxxxxxx>
>>>>> Signed-off: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Signed-off: Vadim Rozenfeld <vrozenfe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>> v1 -> v2
>>>>> 1. mark TSC page dirty as suggested by 
>>>>>     Eric Northup <digitaleric@xxxxxxxxxx> and Gleb
>>>>> 2. disable local irq when calling get_kernel_ns, 
>>>>>     as it was done by Peter Lieven <pl@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> 3. move check for TSC page enable from second patch
>>>>>     to this one.
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h    |  2 ++
>>>>>  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hyperv.h | 13 +++++++++++++
>>>>>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                 | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h           |  1 +
>>>>>  4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>>>> index ae5d783..2fd0753 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>>>> @@ -605,6 +605,8 @@ struct kvm_arch {
>>>>>  	/* fields used by HYPER-V emulation */
>>>>>  	u64 hv_guest_os_id;
>>>>>  	u64 hv_hypercall;
>>>>> +	u64 hv_ref_count;
>>>>> +	u64 hv_tsc_page;
>>>>>  
>>>>>  	#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_MMU_AUDIT
>>>>>  	int audit_point;
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hyperv.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hyperv.h
>>>>> index b8f1c01..462efe7 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hyperv.h
>>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hyperv.h
>>>>> @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
>>>>>  /* Partition Reference Counter (HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT) available*/
>>>>>  #define HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT_AVAILABLE	(1 << 1)
>>>>>  
>>>>> +/* A partition's reference time stamp counter (TSC) page */
>>>>> +#define HV_X64_MSR_REFERENCE_TSC		0x40000021
>>>>> +
>>>>>  /*
>>>>>   * There is a single feature flag that signifies the presence of the MSR
>>>>>   * that can be used to retrieve both the local APIC Timer frequency as
>>>>> @@ -198,6 +201,9 @@
>>>>>  #define HV_X64_MSR_APIC_ASSIST_PAGE_ADDRESS_MASK	\
>>>>>  		(~((1ull << HV_X64_MSR_APIC_ASSIST_PAGE_ADDRESS_SHIFT) - 1))
>>>>>  
>>>>> +#define HV_X64_MSR_TSC_REFERENCE_ENABLE		0x00000001
>>>>> +#define HV_X64_MSR_TSC_REFERENCE_ADDRESS_SHIFT	12
>>>>> +
>>>>>  #define HV_PROCESSOR_POWER_STATE_C0		0
>>>>>  #define HV_PROCESSOR_POWER_STATE_C1		1
>>>>>  #define HV_PROCESSOR_POWER_STATE_C2		2
>>>>> @@ -210,4 +216,11 @@
>>>>>  #define HV_STATUS_INVALID_ALIGNMENT		4
>>>>>  #define HV_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFERS		19
>>>>>  
>>>>> +typedef struct _HV_REFERENCE_TSC_PAGE {
>>>>> +	__u32 tsc_sequence;
>>>>> +	__u32 res1;
>>>>> +	__u64 tsc_scale;
>>>>> +	__s64 tsc_offset;
>>>>> +} HV_REFERENCE_TSC_PAGE, *PHV_REFERENCE_TSC_PAGE;
>>>>> +
>>>>>  #endif
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>>>>> index 21ef1ba..5e4e495a 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>>>>> @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_rdpmc);
>>>>>  static u32 msrs_to_save[] = {
>>>>>  	MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK,
>>>>>  	MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_NEW, MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK_NEW,
>>>>> -	HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID, HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL,
>>>>> +	HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID, HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL, HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT,
>>>>>  	HV_X64_MSR_APIC_ASSIST_PAGE, MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN, MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME,
>>>>>  	MSR_KVM_PV_EOI_EN,
>>>>>  	MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP,
>>>>> @@ -1826,6 +1826,8 @@ static bool kvm_hv_msr_partition_wide(u32 msr)
>>>>>  	switch (msr) {
>>>>>  	case HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID:
>>>>>  	case HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL:
>>>>> +	case HV_X64_MSR_REFERENCE_TSC:
>>>>> +	case HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT:
>>>>>  		r = true;
>>>>>  		break;
>>>>>  	}
>>>>> @@ -1865,6 +1867,29 @@ static int set_msr_hyperv_pw(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 data)
>>>>>  		if (__copy_to_user((void __user *)addr, instructions, 4))
>>>>>  			return 1;
>>>>>  		kvm->arch.hv_hypercall = data;
>>>>> +		local_irq_disable();
>>>>> +		kvm->arch.hv_ref_count = get_kernel_ns() + kvm->arch.kvmclock_offset;
>>>>> +		local_irq_enable();
>>>>
>>>> Where does the docs say that HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL is the where the clock
>>>> starts counting?
>>>>
>>>> No need to store kvmclock_offset in hv_ref_count? (moreover
>>>> the name is weird, better name would be "hv_ref_start_time".
>>>
>>> Just add kvmclock_offset when reading the values (otherwise you have a
>>> "stale copy" of kvmclock_offset in hv_ref_count).
>>>
>>
>> After some experiments I think we do no need kvm->arch.hv_ref_count at all.
>>
>> I was debugging some weird clockjump issues and I think the problem is that after live migration
>> kvm->arch.hv_ref_count is initialized to 0. Depending on the uptime of the vServer when the
>> hypercall was set up this can lead to series jumps.
>>
>> So I would suggest to completely drop kvm->arch.hv_ref_count.
>>
>> And use simply this in get_msr_hyperv_pw().
>>
>>         case HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT: {
>>                 data = div_u64(get_kernel_ns() + kvm->arch.kvmclock_offset, 100);
>>                 break;
>>         }
>>
> 
> Agreed. It should work as long as we rely on kvmclock_offset.
> Vadim.

I think we can rely on kvmclock_offset. Had you had a chance to do further testing
during the weekend?

Peter
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