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The tsc-based get_scheduled_cycles interface is not a good match for
Xen's runstate accounting, which reports everything in nanoseconds.

This patch replaces this interface with a sched_clock interface, which
matches both Xen and VMI's requirements.

In order to do this, we:
   1. replace get_scheduled_cycles with sched_clock
   2. hoist cycles_2_ns into a common header
   3. update vmi accordingly

One thing to note: because sched_clock is implemented as a weak
function in kernel/sched.c, we must define a real function in order to
override this weak binding.  This means the usual paravirt_ops
technique of using an inline function won't work in this case.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Cc: Dan Hecht <dhecht@vmware.com>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge authored and Jeremy Fitzhardinge committed Jul 18, 2007
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c
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Expand Up @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ struct paravirt_ops paravirt_ops = {
.write_msr = native_write_msr_safe,
.read_tsc = native_read_tsc,
.read_pmc = native_read_pmc,
.get_scheduled_cycles = native_read_tsc,
.sched_clock = native_sched_clock,
.get_cpu_khz = native_calculate_cpu_khz,
.load_tr_desc = native_load_tr_desc,
.set_ldt = native_set_ldt,
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23 changes: 15 additions & 8 deletions arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
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Expand Up @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static inline int check_tsc_unstable(void)
*
* -johnstul@us.ibm.com "math is hard, lets go shopping!"
*/
static unsigned long cyc2ns_scale __read_mostly;
unsigned long cyc2ns_scale __read_mostly;

#define CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR 10 /* 2^10, carefully chosen */

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cyc2ns_scale = (1000000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_khz;
}

static inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
{
return (cyc * cyc2ns_scale) >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR;
}

/*
* Scheduler clock - returns current time in nanosec units.
*/
unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
unsigned long long native_sched_clock(void)
{
unsigned long long this_offset;

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return (jiffies_64 - INITIAL_JIFFIES) * (1000000000 / HZ);

/* read the Time Stamp Counter: */
get_scheduled_cycles(this_offset);
rdtscll(this_offset);

/* return the value in ns */
return cycles_2_ns(this_offset);
}

/* We need to define a real function for sched_clock, to override the
weak default version */
#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
{
return paravirt_sched_clock();
}
#else
unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
__attribute__((alias("native_sched_clock")));
#endif

unsigned long native_calculate_cpu_khz(void)
{
unsigned long long start, end;
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c
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Expand Up @@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static inline int __init activate_vmi(void)
paravirt_ops.setup_boot_clock = vmi_time_bsp_init;
paravirt_ops.setup_secondary_clock = vmi_time_ap_init;
#endif
paravirt_ops.get_scheduled_cycles = vmi_get_sched_cycles;
paravirt_ops.sched_clock = vmi_sched_clock;
paravirt_ops.get_cpu_khz = vmi_cpu_khz;

/* We have true wallclock functions; disable CMOS clock sync */
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions arch/i386/kernel/vmiclock.c
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Expand Up @@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ int vmi_set_wallclock(unsigned long now)
return 0;
}

/* paravirt_ops.get_scheduled_cycles = vmi_get_sched_cycles */
unsigned long long vmi_get_sched_cycles(void)
/* paravirt_ops.sched_clock = vmi_sched_clock */
unsigned long long vmi_sched_clock(void)
{
return vmi_timer_ops.get_cycle_counter(VMI_CYCLES_AVAILABLE);
return cycles_2_ns(vmi_timer_ops.get_cycle_counter(VMI_CYCLES_AVAILABLE));
}

/* paravirt_ops.get_cpu_khz = vmi_cpu_khz */
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions include/asm-i386/paravirt.h
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Expand Up @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ struct paravirt_ops

u64 (*read_tsc)(void);
u64 (*read_pmc)(void);
u64 (*get_scheduled_cycles)(void);
unsigned long long (*sched_clock)(void);
unsigned long (*get_cpu_khz)(void);

/* Segment descriptor handling */
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#define rdtscll(val) (val = paravirt_read_tsc())

#define get_scheduled_cycles(val) (val = paravirt_ops.get_scheduled_cycles())
static inline unsigned long long paravirt_sched_clock(void)
{
return PVOP_CALL0(unsigned long long, sched_clock);
}
#define calculate_cpu_khz() (paravirt_ops.get_cpu_khz())

#define write_tsc(val1,val2) wrmsr(0x10, val1, val2)
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32 changes: 31 additions & 1 deletion include/asm-i386/timer.h
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Expand Up @@ -15,8 +15,38 @@ extern int no_sync_cmos_clock;
extern int recalibrate_cpu_khz(void);

#ifndef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
#define get_scheduled_cycles(val) rdtscll(val)
#define calculate_cpu_khz() native_calculate_cpu_khz()
#endif

/* Accellerators for sched_clock()
* convert from cycles(64bits) => nanoseconds (64bits)
* basic equation:
* ns = cycles / (freq / ns_per_sec)
* ns = cycles * (ns_per_sec / freq)
* ns = cycles * (10^9 / (cpu_khz * 10^3))
* ns = cycles * (10^6 / cpu_khz)
*
* Then we use scaling math (suggested by george@mvista.com) to get:
* ns = cycles * (10^6 * SC / cpu_khz) / SC
* ns = cycles * cyc2ns_scale / SC
*
* And since SC is a constant power of two, we can convert the div
* into a shift.
*
* We can use khz divisor instead of mhz to keep a better percision, since
* cyc2ns_scale is limited to 10^6 * 2^10, which fits in 32 bits.
* (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
*
* -johnstul@us.ibm.com "math is hard, lets go shopping!"
*/
extern unsigned long cyc2ns_scale __read_mostly;

#define CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR 10 /* 2^10, carefully chosen */

static inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
{
return (cyc * cyc2ns_scale) >> CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR;
}


#endif
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion include/asm-i386/vmi_time.h
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Expand Up @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern struct vmi_timer_ops {
extern void __init vmi_time_init(void);
extern unsigned long vmi_get_wallclock(void);
extern int vmi_set_wallclock(unsigned long now);
extern unsigned long long vmi_get_sched_cycles(void);
extern unsigned long long vmi_sched_clock(void);
extern unsigned long vmi_cpu_khz(void);

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
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