KVM: Track TSC synchronization in generations

This allows us to track the original nanosecond and counter values
at each phase of TSC writing by the guest.  This gets us perfect
offset matching for stable TSC systems, and perfect software
computed TSC matching for machines with unstable TSC.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zamsden@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>

arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h

@@ -420,10 +420,11 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 
 	u64 last_guest_tsc;
 	u64 last_kernel_ns;
-	u64 last_tsc_nsec;
-	u64 last_tsc_write;
 	u64 last_host_tsc;
 	u64 tsc_offset_adjustment;
+	u64 this_tsc_nsec;
+	u64 this_tsc_write;
+	u8  this_tsc_generation;
 	bool tsc_catchup;
 	bool tsc_always_catchup;
 	s8 virtual_tsc_shift;
@@ -513,9 +514,12 @@ struct kvm_arch {
 	s64 kvmclock_offset;
 	raw_spinlock_t tsc_write_lock;
 	u64 last_tsc_nsec;
-	u64 last_tsc_offset;
 	u64 last_tsc_write;
 	u32 last_tsc_khz;
+	u64 cur_tsc_nsec;
+	u64 cur_tsc_write;
+	u64 cur_tsc_offset;
+	u8  cur_tsc_generation;
 
 	struct kvm_xen_hvm_config xen_hvm_config;
 

arch/x86/kvm/x86.c

@@ -1013,10 +1013,10 @@ static void kvm_set_tsc_khz(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 this_tsc_khz)
 
 static u64 compute_guest_tsc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, s64 kernel_ns)
 {
-	u64 tsc = pvclock_scale_delta(kernel_ns-vcpu->arch.last_tsc_nsec,
+	u64 tsc = pvclock_scale_delta(kernel_ns-vcpu->arch.this_tsc_nsec,
 				      vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_mult,
 				      vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_shift);
-	tsc += vcpu->arch.last_tsc_write;
+	tsc += vcpu->arch.this_tsc_write;
 	return tsc;
 }
 
@@ -1059,28 +1059,53 @@ void kvm_write_tsc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data)
 	if (nsdiff < NSEC_PER_SEC &&
 	    vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_khz == kvm->arch.last_tsc_khz) {
 		if (!check_tsc_unstable()) {
-			offset = kvm->arch.last_tsc_offset;
+			offset = kvm->arch.cur_tsc_offset;
 			pr_debug("kvm: matched tsc offset for %llu\n", data);
 		} else {
 			u64 delta = nsec_to_cycles(vcpu, elapsed);
 			data += delta;
 			offset = kvm_x86_ops->compute_tsc_offset(vcpu, data);
 			pr_debug("kvm: adjusted tsc offset by %llu\n", delta);
 		}
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * We split periods of matched TSC writes into generations.
+		 * For each generation, we track the original measured
+		 * nanosecond time, offset, and write, so if TSCs are in
+		 * sync, we can match exact offset, and if not, we can match
+		 * exact software computaion in compute_guest_tsc()
+		 *
+		 * These values are tracked in kvm->arch.cur_xxx variables.
+		 */
+		kvm->arch.cur_tsc_generation++;
+		kvm->arch.cur_tsc_nsec = ns;
+		kvm->arch.cur_tsc_write = data;
+		kvm->arch.cur_tsc_offset = offset;
+		pr_debug("kvm: new tsc generation %u, clock %llu\n",
+			 kvm->arch.cur_tsc_generation, data);
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We also track th most recent recorded KHZ, write and time to
+	 * allow the matching interval to be extended at each write.
+	 */
 	kvm->arch.last_tsc_nsec = ns;
 	kvm->arch.last_tsc_write = data;
-	kvm->arch.last_tsc_offset = offset;
 	kvm->arch.last_tsc_khz = vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_khz;
-	kvm_x86_ops->write_tsc_offset(vcpu, offset);
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kvm->arch.tsc_write_lock, flags);
 
 	/* Reset of TSC must disable overshoot protection below */
 	vcpu->arch.hv_clock.tsc_timestamp = 0;
-	vcpu->arch.last_tsc_write = data;
-	vcpu->arch.last_tsc_nsec = ns;
 	vcpu->arch.last_guest_tsc = data;
+
+	/* Keep track of which generation this VCPU has synchronized to */
+	vcpu->arch.this_tsc_generation = kvm->arch.cur_tsc_generation;
+	vcpu->arch.this_tsc_nsec = kvm->arch.cur_tsc_nsec;
+	vcpu->arch.this_tsc_write = kvm->arch.cur_tsc_write;
+
+	kvm_x86_ops->write_tsc_offset(vcpu, offset);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kvm->arch.tsc_write_lock, flags);
 }
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_write_tsc);
 
 static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)