[PATCH v2 1/1] powerpc/kvm: Save Timebase Offset to fix sched_clock() while running guest code.

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Fri Feb 5 17:28:35 AEDT 2021


Excerpts from Leonardo Bras's message of February 5, 2021 4:06 pm:
> Before guest entry, TBU40 register is changed to reflect guest timebase.
> After exitting guest, the register is reverted to it's original value.
> 
> If one tries to get the timestamp from host between those changes, it
> will present an incorrect value.
> 
> An example would be trying to add a tracepoint in
> kvmppc_guest_entry_inject_int(), which depending on last tracepoint
> acquired could actually cause the host to crash.
> 
> Save the Timebase Offset to PACA and use it on sched_clock() to always
> get the correct timestamp.

Ouch. Not sure how reasonable it is to half switch into guest registers 
and expect to call into the wider kernel, fixing things up as we go. 
What if mftb is used in other places?

Especially as it doesn't seem like there is a reason that function _has_
to be called after the timebase is switched to guest, that's just how 
the code is structured.

As a local hack to work out a bug okay. If you really need it upstream 
could you put it under a debug config option?

Thanks,
Nick

> Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leobras.c at gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus at ozlabs.org>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - Subtracts offset only when CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_HANDLER and
>   CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 are defined.
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_asm.h | 1 +
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c         | 1 +
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c                | 8 +++++++-
>  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c              | 2 ++
>  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S   | 2 ++
>  5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_asm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_asm.h
> index 078f4648ea27..e2c12a10eed2 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_asm.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_asm.h
> @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ struct kvmppc_host_state {
>  	u64 cfar;
>  	u64 ppr;
>  	u64 host_fscr;
> +	u64 tb_offset;		/* Timebase offset: keeps correct timebase while on guest */
>  #endif
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
> index b12d7c049bfe..0beb8fdc6352 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
> @@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ int main(void)
>  	HSTATE_FIELD(HSTATE_CFAR, cfar);
>  	HSTATE_FIELD(HSTATE_PPR, ppr);
>  	HSTATE_FIELD(HSTATE_HOST_FSCR, host_fscr);
> +	HSTATE_FIELD(HSTATE_TB_OFFSET, tb_offset);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */
>  
>  #else /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S */
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
> index 67feb3524460..f27f0163792b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
> @@ -699,7 +699,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tb_to_ns);
>   */
>  notrace unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
>  {
> -	return mulhdu(get_tb() - boot_tb, tb_to_ns_scale) << tb_to_ns_shift;
> +	u64 tb = get_tb() - boot_tb;
> +
> +#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64) && defined(CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_HANDLER)
> +	tb -= local_paca->kvm_hstate.tb_offset;
> +#endif
> +
> +	return mulhdu(tb, tb_to_ns_scale) << tb_to_ns_shift;
>  }
>  
>  
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> index b3731572295e..c08593c63353 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> @@ -3491,6 +3491,7 @@ static int kvmhv_load_hv_regs_and_go(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit,
>  		if ((tb & 0xffffff) < (new_tb & 0xffffff))
>  			mtspr(SPRN_TBU40, new_tb + 0x1000000);
>  		vc->tb_offset_applied = vc->tb_offset;
> +		local_paca->kvm_hstate.tb_offset = vc->tb_offset;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (vc->pcr)
> @@ -3594,6 +3595,7 @@ static int kvmhv_load_hv_regs_and_go(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit,
>  		if ((tb & 0xffffff) < (new_tb & 0xffffff))
>  			mtspr(SPRN_TBU40, new_tb + 0x1000000);
>  		vc->tb_offset_applied = 0;
> +		local_paca->kvm_hstate.tb_offset = 0;
>  	}
>  
>  	mtspr(SPRN_HDEC, 0x7fffffff);
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> index b73140607875..8f7a9f7f4ee6 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> @@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300)
>  	cmpdi	r8,0
>  	beq	37f
>  	std	r8, VCORE_TB_OFFSET_APPL(r5)
> +	std	r8, HSTATE_TB_OFFSET(r13)
>  	mftb	r6		/* current host timebase */
>  	add	r8,r8,r6
>  	mtspr	SPRN_TBU40,r8	/* update upper 40 bits */
> @@ -1907,6 +1908,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S)
>  	beq	17f
>  	li	r0, 0
>  	std	r0, VCORE_TB_OFFSET_APPL(r5)
> +	std	r0, HSTATE_TB_OFFSET(r13)
>  	mftb	r6			/* current guest timebase */
>  	subf	r8,r8,r6
>  	mtspr	SPRN_TBU40,r8		/* update upper 40 bits */
> -- 
> 2.29.2
> 
> 


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