On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 12:55:12PM -0400, Eric B Munson wrote:
> The KVM_GUEST_PAUSED flag will prevent a guest from compaining about a soft
> lockup but it can mask real soft lockups if the flag isn't cleared when it is
> no longer relevant. This patch adds a kvm ioctl that the hypervisor will use
> when it resumes a guest to start a timer for aging out the flag. The time out
> will be specified by the hypervisor in the ioctl call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <emun...@mgebm.net>
> Cc: mi...@redhat.com
> Cc: h...@zytor.com
> Cc: a...@arndb.de
> Cc: ry...@linux.vnet.ibm.com
> Cc: aligu...@us.ibm.com
> Cc: mtosa...@redhat.com
> Cc: jeremy.fitzhardi...@citrix.com
> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-a...@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: x...@kernel.org
> Cc: linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> Changes from V2:
> Move function definition to kvm_host.h
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/kvm.h | 2 ++
> include/linux/kvm_host.h | 2 ++
> 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index beb94c6..5cec925 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ int kvm_pv_mmu_op(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long
> bytes,
> u8 kvm_get_guest_memory_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn);
>
> int kvm_set_guest_paused(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> +void kvm_clear_guest_paused(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int length);
>
> extern bool tdp_enabled;
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 0127617..ca2187b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
> #include <linux/hash.h>
> #include <linux/pci.h>
> #include <trace/events/kvm.h>
> +#include <linux/timer.h>
>
> #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
> #include "trace.h"
> @@ -3299,6 +3300,15 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
> r = kvm_set_guest_paused(vcpu);
> break;
> }
> + case KVM_CLEAR_GUEST_PAUSED: {
> + unsigned int length;
> + r = -EFAULT;
> + if (copy_from_user(&length, argp, sizeof length))
> + goto out;
> + r = 0;
> + kvm_clear_guest_paused(vcpu, length);
> + break;
> + }
> default:
> r = -EINVAL;
> }
> @@ -6137,6 +6147,28 @@ int kvm_set_guest_paused(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_set_guest_paused);
>
> +static void kvm_timer_clear_guest_paused(unsigned long vcpu_addr)
> +{
> + struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = (struct kvm_vcpu *)vcpu_addr;
> + struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *src = &vcpu->arch.hv_clock;
> + src->flags = src->flags & (~PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Host has resumed the guest, we need to clear the guest paused flag so we
> + * don't mask any real soft lockups.
> + */
> +void kvm_clear_guest_paused(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int length)
> +{
> + if (!timer_pending(&vcpu->flag_timer))
> + setup_timer(&vcpu->flag_timer,
> + kvm_timer_clear_guest_paused,
> + (unsigned long)vcpu);
> + mod_timer(&vcpu->flag_timer,
> + jiffies + (length * HZ));
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_clear_guest_paused);
> +
How about setting guest stopped flag when the guest is resumed, and
clearing that flag on the guests watchdog timer interrupt (irrespective
of whether a softlockup has been detected or not) ?
Then this timer is not necessary.
Unrelated: patch 3 is missing on the series, and please post functional
and tested qemu-kvm patches along next time.
Thanks.
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