linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] Add functions to check if the host has stopped the vm

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Message-Id: <1314660435-23293-3-git-send-email-emunson@mgebm.net>
Date:	Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:27:13 -0600
From:	Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
To:	avi@...hat.com
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, arnd@...db.de,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, riel@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org, aliguori@...ibm.com, raharper@...ibm.com,
	kvm-ia64@...r.kernel.org, Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Add functions to check if the host has stopped the vm

When a host stops or suspends a VM it will set a flag to show this.  The
watchdog will use these functions to determine if a softlockup is real, or the
result of a suspended VM.

Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h |    2 ++
 arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c     |   14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
index a518c0a..dd59ad0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ void pvclock_read_wallclock(struct pvclock_wall_clock *wall,
 			    struct timespec *ts);
 void pvclock_resume(void);
 
+bool kvm_check_and_clear_host_stopped(int cpu);
+
 /*
  * 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 c1a0188..5f60d2b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -113,6 +113,20 @@ static void kvm_get_preset_lpj(void)
 	preset_lpj = lpj;
 }
 
+bool kvm_check_and_clear_host_stopped(int cpu)
+{
+	bool ret = false;
+	struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *src;
+
+	src = &per_cpu(hv_clock, cpu);
+	if ((src->flags & PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED) != 0) {
+		src->flags = src->flags & (~PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED);
+		ret = true;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct clocksource kvm_clock = {
 	.name = "kvm-clock",
 	.read = kvm_clock_get_cycles,
-- 
1.7.4.1

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