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authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2024-01-08 08:10:20 -0500
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2024-01-08 08:10:20 -0500
commit3115d2de39b8762fdaebc3d222f2ad09f6a2f762 (patch)
tree9a2e0c9e538af782861b47d854a9d2e344e3e7e0 /arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
parent8c9244af4dc8680a453e759331f0c93d5bde1898 (diff)
parent6d72283526090850274d065cd5d60af732cc5fc8 (diff)
Merge tag 'kvm-x86-xen-6.8' of https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux into HEAD
KVM Xen change for 6.8: To workaround Xen guests that don't expect Xen PV clocks to be marked as being based on a stable TSC, add a Xen config knob to allow userspace to opt out of KVM setting the "TSC stable" bit in Xen PV clocks. Note, the "TSC stable" bit was added to the PVCLOCK ABI by KVM without an ack from Xen, i.e. KVM isn't entirely blameless for the buggy guest behavior.
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kvm/x86.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/x86.c28
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0366eca119d7..27e23714e960 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3110,7 +3110,8 @@ u64 get_kvmclock_ns(struct kvm *kvm)
static void kvm_setup_guest_pvclock(struct kvm_vcpu *v,
struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc,
- unsigned int offset)
+ unsigned int offset,
+ bool force_tsc_unstable)
{
struct kvm_vcpu_arch *vcpu = &v->arch;
struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *guest_hv_clock;
@@ -3147,6 +3148,10 @@ static void kvm_setup_guest_pvclock(struct kvm_vcpu *v,
}
memcpy(guest_hv_clock, &vcpu->hv_clock, sizeof(*guest_hv_clock));
+
+ if (force_tsc_unstable)
+ guest_hv_clock->flags &= ~PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT;
+
smp_wmb();
guest_hv_clock->version = ++vcpu->hv_clock.version;
@@ -3167,6 +3172,16 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
u64 tsc_timestamp, host_tsc;
u8 pvclock_flags;
bool use_master_clock;
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XEN
+ /*
+ * For Xen guests we may need to override PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT as unless
+ * explicitly told to use TSC as its clocksource Xen will not set this bit.
+ * This default behaviour led to bugs in some guest kernels which cause
+ * problems if they observe PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT in the pvclock flags.
+ */
+ bool xen_pvclock_tsc_unstable =
+ ka->xen_hvm_config.flags & KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_PVCLOCK_TSC_UNSTABLE;
+#endif
kernel_ns = 0;
host_tsc = 0;
@@ -3245,13 +3260,15 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
vcpu->hv_clock.flags = pvclock_flags;
if (vcpu->pv_time.active)
- kvm_setup_guest_pvclock(v, &vcpu->pv_time, 0);
+ kvm_setup_guest_pvclock(v, &vcpu->pv_time, 0, false);
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XEN
if (vcpu->xen.vcpu_info_cache.active)
kvm_setup_guest_pvclock(v, &vcpu->xen.vcpu_info_cache,
- offsetof(struct compat_vcpu_info, time));
+ offsetof(struct compat_vcpu_info, time),
+ xen_pvclock_tsc_unstable);
if (vcpu->xen.vcpu_time_info_cache.active)
- kvm_setup_guest_pvclock(v, &vcpu->xen.vcpu_time_info_cache, 0);
+ kvm_setup_guest_pvclock(v, &vcpu->xen.vcpu_time_info_cache, 0,
+ xen_pvclock_tsc_unstable);
#endif
kvm_hv_setup_tsc_page(v->kvm, &vcpu->hv_clock);
return 0;
@@ -4660,7 +4677,8 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_INTERCEPT_HCALL |
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO |
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_2LEVEL |
- KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND;
+ KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND |
+ KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_PVCLOCK_TSC_UNSTABLE;
if (sched_info_on())
r |= KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE |
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE_UPDATE_FLAG;