linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] add missing guest clock update removed by e48672fa25e879f7ae21785c7efd187738139593

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Date:	Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:58:26 -0500
From:	Zachary Amsden <zamsden@...hat.com>
To:	Nikola Ciprich <extmaillist@...uxbox.cz>
CC:	KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	nikola.ciprich@...uxbox.cz, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add missing guest clock update removed by	e48672fa25e879f7ae21785c7efd187738139593

On 03/07/2011 05:18 AM, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
> e48672fa25e879f7ae21785c7efd187738139593 removed kvm_request_guest_time_update(vcpu);
> this breaks 32bit SMP guests using virtio-clock.
> thus add unconditional call to kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu) to fix the
> problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nikola Ciprich<nikola.ciprich@...uxbox.cz>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    1 +
>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index bcc0efc..4c27144 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -2091,6 +2091,7 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
>   	}
>
>   	kvm_x86_ops->vcpu_load(vcpu, cpu);
> +	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu);
>   	if (unlikely(vcpu->cpu != cpu) || check_tsc_unstable()) {
>   		/* Make sure TSC doesn't go backwards */
>   		s64 tsc_delta = !vcpu->arch.last_host_tsc ? 0 :
>
>
>    

Can you try moving the kvm_make_request() inside the if conditional and 
see if it that also fixes it?
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