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Date:	Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:26:19 -0400
From:	Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
To:	avi@...hat.com
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, arnd@...db.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	ryanh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, aliguori@...ibm.com,
	Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Add age out of guest paused flag

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 <emunson@...bm.net>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h |    2 ++
 arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c     |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c             |    9 +++++++++
 include/linux/kvm.h            |    2 ++
 include/linux/kvm_host.h       |    2 ++
 5 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
index 9312814..e8460b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ void kvm_set_host_stopped(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 bool kvm_check_and_clear_host_stopped(int cpu);
 
+void kvm_clear_guest_paused(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int length);
+
 /*
  * Scale a 64-bit delta by scaling and multiplying by a 32-bit fraction,
  * yielding a 64-bit result.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index f4fff3d..f3f3935 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
 
 #include <asm/x86_init.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
@@ -144,6 +146,28 @@ bool kvm_check_and_clear_host_stopped(int cpu)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+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);
+
 static struct clocksource kvm_clock = {
 	.name = "kvm-clock",
 	.read = kvm_clock_get_cycles,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 16e029e..b907b5a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3269,6 +3269,15 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		kvm_set_host_stopped(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;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm.h b/include/linux/kvm.h
index a2697be..f333274 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm.h
@@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ struct kvm_clock_data {
 #define KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA	  _IOR(KVMIO,  0xa9, struct kvm_allocate_rma)
 /* VM is being stopped by host */
 #define KVM_PAUSE_GUEST		  _IO(KVMIO,   0xaa)
+/* Start the timer to clear the paused flag */
+#define KVM_CLEAR_GUEST_PAUSED   _IO(KVMIO,   0xab)
 
 #define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU	(1 << 0)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index eabb21a..e21be4b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/msi.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <asm/signal.h>
 
 #include <linux/kvm.h>
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu {
 #endif
 
 	struct kvm_vcpu_arch arch;
+	struct timer_list flag_timer;
 };
 
 static inline int kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-- 
1.7.5.4

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