hvm pmtimer: correct pmtimer accuracy

Several seconds of backward time drift per minute can be seen on a
RHEL6 HVM guest by switching the clocksource to 'acpi_pm' and then
running gettimeofday() in a loop. This is due to the accumulation
of small inaccuracies that are caused by shifting out the lower 32
bits when pmt_update_time() computes 'tmr_val'.

The patch makes sure that the lower 32 bits of the computed value
are not lost. They are saved in a new field 'not_accounted' in the
PMTState structure and are accounted the next time pmt_update_time()
is called.

From: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com>
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Keir Fraser committed 2010-09-17 16:59:21 +01:00
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@@ -83,14 +83,16 @@ void hvm_acpi_sleep_button(struct domain *d)
* since the last time we did that. */
static void pmt_update_time(PMTState *s)
{
uint64_t curr_gtime;
uint64_t curr_gtime, tmp;
uint32_t msb = s->pm.tmr_val & TMR_VAL_MSB;
ASSERT(spin_is_locked(&s->lock));
/* Update the timer */
curr_gtime = hvm_get_guest_time(s->vcpu);
s->pm.tmr_val += ((curr_gtime - s->last_gtime) * s->scale) >> 32;
tmp = ((curr_gtime - s->last_gtime) * s->scale) + s->not_accounted;
s->not_accounted = (uint32_t)tmp;
s->pm.tmr_val += tmp >> 32;
s->pm.tmr_val &= TMR_VAL_MASK;
s->last_gtime = curr_gtime;
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ static int pmtimer_load(struct domain *d, hvm_domain_context_t *h)
/* Calculate future counter values from now. */
s->last_gtime = hvm_get_guest_time(s->vcpu);
s->not_accounted = 0;
/* Set the SCI state from the registers */
pmt_update_sci(s);
@@ -276,6 +279,7 @@ void pmtimer_init(struct vcpu *v)
spin_lock_init(&s->lock);
s->scale = ((uint64_t)FREQUENCE_PMTIMER << 32) / SYSTEM_TIME_HZ;
s->not_accounted = 0;
s->vcpu = v;
/* Intercept port I/O (need two handlers because PM1a_CNT is between
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@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ typedef struct PMTState {
struct hvm_hw_pmtimer pm; /* 32bit timer value */
struct vcpu *vcpu; /* Keeps sync with this vcpu's guest-time */
uint64_t last_gtime; /* Last (guest) time we updated the timer */
uint32_t not_accounted; /* time not accounted at last update */
uint64_t scale; /* Multiplier to get from tsc to timer ticks */
struct timer timer; /* To make sure we send SCIs */
spinlock_t lock;
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