Why not use existing seqlock's? -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Gleixner [mailto:tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2017 9:08 AM To: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx; Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>; H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>; KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/vdso: Add VCLOCK_HVCLOCK vDSO clock read method On Thu, 9 Feb 2017, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote: > +#ifdef CONFIG_HYPERV_TSCPAGE > +static notrace u64 vread_hvclock(int *mode) { > + const struct ms_hyperv_tsc_page *tsc_pg = > + (const struct ms_hyperv_tsc_page *)&hvclock_page; > + u64 sequence, scale, offset, current_tick, cur_tsc; > + > + while (1) { > + sequence = READ_ONCE(tsc_pg->tsc_sequence); > + if (!sequence) > + break; > + > + scale = READ_ONCE(tsc_pg->tsc_scale); > + offset = READ_ONCE(tsc_pg->tsc_offset); > + rdtscll(cur_tsc); > + > + current_tick = mul_u64_u64_shr(cur_tsc, scale, 64) + offset; > + > + if (READ_ONCE(tsc_pg->tsc_sequence) == sequence) > + return current_tick; That sequence stuff lacks still a sensible explanation. It's fundamentally different from the sequence counting we do in the kernel, so documentation for it is really required. Thanks, tglx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
