linux-kernel - [KVM timekeeping 05/35] Move TSC reset out of vmcb

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Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:07:19 -1000
From:	Zachary Amsden <zamsden@...hat.com>
To:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Zachary Amsden <zamsden@...hat.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [KVM timekeeping 05/35] Move TSC reset out of vmcb_init

The VMCB is reset whenever we receive a startup IPI, so Linux is setting
TSC back to zero happens very late in the boot process and destabilizing
the TSC.  Instead, just set TSC to zero once at VCPU creation time.

Why the separate patch?  So git-bisect is your friend.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zamsden@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 74e4522..e8bfe8e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -781,7 +781,6 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 
 	control->iopm_base_pa = iopm_base;
 	control->msrpm_base_pa = __pa(svm->msrpm);
-	kvm_write_tsc(&svm->vcpu, 0);
 	control->int_ctl = V_INTR_MASKING_MASK;
 
 	init_seg(&save->es);
@@ -917,6 +916,7 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *svm_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
 	svm->vmcb_pa = page_to_pfn(page) << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	svm->asid_generation = 0;
 	init_vmcb(svm);
+	kvm_write_tsc(&svm->vcpu, 0);
 
 	err = fx_init(&svm->vcpu);
 	if (err)
-- 
1.7.1

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