From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 17/19] x86/kvm/tsc: Drop extra barrier and use rdtsc_ordered() in kvmclock
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:44:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1435250653-30182-18-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1435250653-30182-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
__pvclock_read_cycles() had an unnecessary barrier. Get rid of that
barrier and clean up the code by just using rdtsc_ordered().
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: kvm ML <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/678981cc4761fb38a793c217c9cac42503cf3719.1434501121.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h | 10 +---------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
index 6084bce345fc..b6c9c9eda914 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static inline u64 pvclock_scale_delta(u64 delta, u32 mul_frac, int shift)
static __always_inline
u64 pvclock_get_nsec_offset(const struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *src)
{
- u64 delta = rdtsc() - src->tsc_timestamp;
+ u64 delta = rdtsc_ordered() - src->tsc_timestamp;
return pvclock_scale_delta(delta, src->tsc_to_system_mul,
src->tsc_shift);
}
@@ -76,17 +76,9 @@ unsigned __pvclock_read_cycles(const struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *src,
u8 ret_flags;
version = src->version;
- /* Note: emulated platforms which do not advertise SSE2 support
- * result in kvmclock not using the necessary RDTSC barriers.
- * Without barriers, it is possible that RDTSC instruction reads from
- * the time stamp counter outside rdtsc_barrier protected section
- * below, resulting in violation of monotonicity.
- */
- rdtsc_barrier();
offset = pvclock_get_nsec_offset(src);
ret = src->system_time + offset;
ret_flags = src->flags;
- rdtsc_barrier();
*cycles = ret;
*flags = ret_flags;
--
2.3.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-25 16:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-25 16:43 [PATCH 00/19] tip queue 2015-06-25 (rdtsc cleanup) Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:43 ` [PATCH 01/19] x86/tsc: Inline native_read_tsc() and remove __native_read_tsc() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:43 ` [PATCH 02/19] x86/msr, kvm: Remove vget_cycles() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:43 ` [PATCH 03/19] x86/kernel/paravirt: Remove read_tsc() and read_tscp() paravirt hooks Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:43 ` [PATCH 04/19] x86/tsc: Replace rdtscll() with native_read_tsc() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:43 ` [PATCH 05/19] x86/tsc: Remove the rdtscp() and rdtscpll() macros Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 06/19] x86/tsc: Use the full 64-bit TSC in delay_tsc() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 07/19] x86/cpu/amd: Use the full 64-bit TSC to detect the 2.6.2 bug Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 08/19] drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_epp: Replace rdtscl() with native_read_tsc() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 09/19] staging/lirc_serial: Remove TSC-based timing Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 10/19] input/joystick/analog: Switch from rdtscl() to native_read_tsc() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 11/19] drivers/input/gameport: Replace rdtscl() with native_read_tsc() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 12/19] x86/asm: Remove rdtscl() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 13/19] x86: Rename native_read_tsc() to rdtsc() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 14/19] x86: Add rdtsc_ordered() and use it in trivial call sites Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 15/19] x86/tsc_sync: Use rdtsc_ordered() in check_tsc_warp() and drop extra barriers Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 16/19] x86/tsc: Use rdtsc_ordered() in read_tsc() instead of get_cycles() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 18/19] x86/asm: Remove rdtsc_barrier() Borislav Petkov
2015-06-25 16:44 ` [PATCH 19/19] x86/asm: Save an instruction in DECLARE_ARGS users Borislav Petkov
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