On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 05:06:37PM +1000, Vadim Rozenfeld wrote:
> The following patch allows to activate a partition reference 
> time enlightenment that is based on the host platform's support 
> for an Invariant Time Stamp Counter (iTSC).
> NOTE: This code will survive migration due to lack of VM stop/resume
> handlers, when offset, scale and sequence should be
> readjusted. 
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 9645dab..b423fe4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -1838,7 +1838,6 @@ static int set_msr_hyperv_pw(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 
> msr, u64 data)
>               u64 gfn;
>               unsigned long addr;
>               HV_REFERENCE_TSC_PAGE tsc_ref;
> -             tsc_ref.TscSequence = 0;
>               if (!(data & HV_X64_MSR_TSC_REFERENCE_ENABLE)) {
>                       kvm->arch.hv_tsc_page = data;
>                       break;
> @@ -1848,6 +1847,11 @@ static int set_msr_hyperv_pw(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, 
> u32 msr, u64 data)
>                               HV_X64_MSR_TSC_REFERENCE_ADDRESS_SHIFT);
>               if (kvm_is_error_hva(addr))
>                       return 1;
> +             tsc_ref.TscSequence =
> +                             boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC) ? 1 : 0;

1) You want NONSTOP_TSC (see 40fb1715 commit) which matches INVARIANT TSC.
2) TscSequence should increase? 
"This field serves as a sequence number that is incremented whenever..."
3) 0xFFFFFFFF is the value for invalid source of reference time?

> +             tsc_ref.TscScale =
> +                             ((10000LL << 32) / vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_khz) 
> << 32;
> +             tsc_ref.TscOffset = 0;
>               if (__copy_to_user((void __user *)addr, &tsc_ref, 
> sizeof(tsc_ref)))
>                       return 1;
>               mark_page_dirty(kvm, gfn);
> -- 
> 1.8.1.2
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