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From: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, avi@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Try using new kvm clock msrs
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:37:26 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1271356648-5108-4-git-send-email-glommer@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1271356648-5108-3-git-send-email-glommer@redhat.com>

We now added a new set of clock-related msrs in replacement of the old
ones. In theory, we could just try to use them and get a return value
indicating they do not exist, due to our use of kvm_write_msr_save.

However, kvm clock registration happens very early, and if we ever
try to write to a non-existant MSR, we raise a lethal #GP, since our
idt handlers are not in place yet.

So this patch tests for a cpuid feature exported by the host to
decide which set of msrs are supported.

Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h |    4 ++
 arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c      |   68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
index 0cffb96..a32710a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #define KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE		0
 #define KVM_FEATURE_NOP_IO_DELAY	1
 #define KVM_FEATURE_MMU_OP		2
+/* We could just try to use new msr values, but they are queried very early,
+ * kernel does not have idt handlers yet, and failures are fatal */
+#define KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2	3
+
 
 #define MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK_OLD  0x11
 #define MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_OLD 0x12
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index feaeb0d..6d814ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define KVM_SCALE 22
 
 static int kvmclock = 1;
+static int kvm_use_new_msrs = 0;
 
 static int parse_no_kvmclock(char *arg)
 {
@@ -41,6 +42,18 @@ early_param("no-kvmclock", parse_no_kvmclock);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info, hv_clock);
 static struct pvclock_wall_clock wall_clock;
 
+static int kvm_system_time_write_value(int low, int high)
+{
+	if (kvm_use_new_msrs)
+		return native_write_msr_safe(MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_OLD, low, high);
+	else
+		return native_write_msr_safe(MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, low, high);
+}
+
+static void kvm_turnoff_clock(void)
+{
+	kvm_system_time_write_value(0, 0);
+}
 /*
  * The wallclock is the time of day when we booted. Since then, some time may
  * have elapsed since the hypervisor wrote the data. So we try to account for
@@ -54,7 +67,11 @@ static unsigned long kvm_get_wallclock(void)
 
 	low = (int)__pa_symbol(&wall_clock);
 	high = ((u64)__pa_symbol(&wall_clock) >> 32);
-	native_write_msr(MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK, low, high);
+
+	if (kvm_use_new_msrs)
+		native_write_msr_safe(MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK, low, high);
+	else
+		native_write_msr(MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK_OLD, low, high);
 
 	vcpu_time = &get_cpu_var(hv_clock);
 	pvclock_read_wallclock(&wall_clock, vcpu_time, &ts);
@@ -130,7 +147,8 @@ static int kvm_register_clock(char *txt)
 	high = ((u64)__pa(&per_cpu(hv_clock, cpu)) >> 32);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "kvm-clock: cpu %d, msr %x:%x, %s\n",
 	       cpu, high, low, txt);
-	return native_write_msr_safe(MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, low, high);
+
+	return kvm_system_time_write_value(low, high);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
@@ -165,14 +183,14 @@ static void __init kvm_smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
 static void kvm_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	native_write_msr_safe(MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, 0, 0);
+	kvm_turnoff_clock();
 	native_machine_crash_shutdown(regs);
 }
 #endif
 
 static void kvm_shutdown(void)
 {
-	native_write_msr_safe(MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, 0, 0);
+	kvm_turnoff_clock();
 	native_machine_shutdown();
 }
 
@@ -181,27 +199,35 @@ void __init kvmclock_init(void)
 	if (!kvm_para_available())
 		return;
 
-	if (kvmclock && kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE)) {
-		if (kvm_register_clock("boot clock"))
-			return;
-		pv_time_ops.sched_clock = kvm_clock_read;
-		x86_platform.calibrate_tsc = kvm_get_tsc_khz;
-		x86_platform.get_wallclock = kvm_get_wallclock;
-		x86_platform.set_wallclock = kvm_set_wallclock;
+	if (kvmclock && kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2))
+		kvm_use_new_msrs = 1;
+	else if (kvmclock && kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE))
+		kvm_use_new_msrs = 0;
+	else
+		return;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "kvm-clock: %ssing clocksource new msrs",
+		kvm_use_new_msrs ? "U": "Not u");
+
+	if (kvm_register_clock("boot clock"))
+		return;
+	pv_time_ops.sched_clock = kvm_clock_read;
+	x86_platform.calibrate_tsc = kvm_get_tsc_khz;
+	x86_platform.get_wallclock = kvm_get_wallclock;
+	x86_platform.set_wallclock = kvm_set_wallclock;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
-		x86_cpuinit.setup_percpu_clockev =
-			kvm_setup_secondary_clock;
+	x86_cpuinit.setup_percpu_clockev =
+		kvm_setup_secondary_clock;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-		smp_ops.smp_prepare_boot_cpu = kvm_smp_prepare_boot_cpu;
+	smp_ops.smp_prepare_boot_cpu = kvm_smp_prepare_boot_cpu;
 #endif
-		machine_ops.shutdown  = kvm_shutdown;
+	machine_ops.shutdown  = kvm_shutdown;
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
-		machine_ops.crash_shutdown  = kvm_crash_shutdown;
+	machine_ops.crash_shutdown  = kvm_crash_shutdown;
 #endif
-		kvm_get_preset_lpj();
-		clocksource_register(&kvm_clock);
-		pv_info.paravirt_enabled = 1;
-		pv_info.name = "KVM";
-	}
+	kvm_get_preset_lpj();
+	clocksource_register(&kvm_clock);
+	pv_info.paravirt_enabled = 1;
+	pv_info.name = "KVM";
 }
-- 
1.6.2.2


  reply	other threads:[~2010-04-15 18:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-15 18:37 [PATCH 0/5] pv clock misc fixes Glauber Costa
2010-04-15 18:37 ` [PATCH 1/5] Add a global synchronization point for pvclock Glauber Costa
2010-04-15 18:37   ` [PATCH 2/5] change msr numbers for kvmclock Glauber Costa
2010-04-15 18:37     ` Glauber Costa [this message]
2010-04-15 18:37       ` [PATCH 4/5] export new cpuid KVM_CAP Glauber Costa
2010-04-15 18:37         ` [PATCH 5/5] add documentation about kvmclock Glauber Costa
2010-04-15 19:28           ` Randy Dunlap
2010-04-15 20:10             ` Glauber Costa
2010-04-17 18:58         ` [PATCH 4/5] export new cpuid KVM_CAP Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 14:50           ` Glauber Costa
2010-04-20  9:29             ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-17 18:55       ` [PATCH 3/5] Try using new kvm clock msrs Avi Kivity
2010-04-17 18:51     ` [PATCH 2/5] change msr numbers for kvmclock Avi Kivity
2010-04-16 20:23   ` [PATCH 1/5] Add a global synchronization point for pvclock Marcelo Tosatti
2010-04-16 20:36   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-04-16 21:05     ` Zachary Amsden
2010-04-19 10:39     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-04-19 10:50       ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 11:05         ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-04-19 11:10           ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 14:21             ` Glauber Costa
2010-04-19 14:33               ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 14:46                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-04-19 16:18                   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-04-20  9:31                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-20 18:23                       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-04-20 18:54                         ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-20 19:42                           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-04-21  0:07                             ` Zachary Amsden
2010-04-22 13:11                             ` Glauber Costa
2010-04-23  1:44                               ` Zachary Amsden
2010-04-23  9:34                                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-23 19:22                                   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-04-23 19:25                                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-23 21:31                                   ` Zachary Amsden
2010-04-23 21:35                                     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-04-23 21:41                                       ` Zachary Amsden
2010-04-24  9:30                                         ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-24  9:29                                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 16:11                 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-04-19 14:26     ` Glauber Costa
2010-04-19 16:19       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-04-19 18:25         ` Glauber Costa
2010-04-20  1:57           ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-04-20  9:35             ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-20 12:59               ` Glauber Costa
2010-04-20 15:16                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-21  0:01               ` Zachary Amsden
2010-04-21  8:06                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-17 18:48   ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-17 18:49     ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 10:43       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-04-19 10:47         ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 10:56           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-04-19 11:13             ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 11:19               ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-04-19 11:40                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 14:32                 ` Glauber Costa
2010-04-19 14:37                   ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 10:46     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-04-19 10:49       ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 10:51         ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-04-19 10:54           ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 18:35             ` Zachary Amsden
2010-04-20  9:39               ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-21  0:05                 ` Zachary Amsden
2010-04-21  8:08                   ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 10:49       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-04-19 10:53         ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-19 10:59           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-04-19 11:35             ` Avi Kivity
2010-10-25 23:30   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2010-10-26  8:14     ` Avi Kivity
2010-10-26 10:49       ` Glauber Costa
2010-10-26 17:04       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge

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