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Message-ID: <20130612224419.GA10037@amt.cnet>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:44:19 -0300
From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To: Yoshihiro YUNOMAE <yoshihiro.yunomae.ez@...achi.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
David Sharp <dhsharp@...gle.com>,
yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/1] kvm: Add a tracepoint write_tsc_offset
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 04:43:44PM +0900, Yoshihiro YUNOMAE wrote:
> Add a tracepoint write_tsc_offset for tracing TSC offset change.
> We want to merge ftrace's trace data of guest OSs and the host OS using
> TSC for timestamp in chronological order. We need "TSC offset" values for
> each guest when merge those because the TSC value on a guest is always the
> host TSC plus guest's TSC offset. If we get the TSC offset values, we can
> calculate the host TSC value for each guest events from the TSC offset and
> the event TSC value. The host TSC values of the guest events are used when we
> want to merge trace data of guests and the host in chronological order.
> (Note: the trace_clock of both the host and the guest must be set x86-tsc in
> this case)
>
> This tracepoint also records vcpu_id which can be used to merge trace data for
> SMP guests. A merge tool will read TSC offset for each vcpu, then the tool
> converts guest TSC values to host TSC values for each vcpu.
>
> TSC offset is stored in the VMCS by vmx_write_tsc_offset() or
> vmx_adjust_tsc_offset(). KVM executes the former function when a guest boots.
> The latter function is executed when kvm clock is updated. Only host can read
> TSC offset value from VMCS, so a host needs to output TSC offset value
> when TSC offset is changed.
>
> Since the TSC offset is not often changed, it could be overwritten by other
> frequent events while tracing. To avoid that, I recommend to use a special
> instance for getting this event:
>
> 1. set a instance before booting a guest
> # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances
> # mkdir tsc_offset
> # cd tsc_offset
> # echo x86-tsc > trace_clock
> # echo 1 > events/kvm/kvm_write_tsc_offset/enable
>
> 2. boot a guest
>
> Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro YUNOMAE <yoshihiro.yunomae.ez@...achi.com>
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
> Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 10 +++++++++-
> arch/x86/kvm/trace.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 7 ++++++-
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 +
> 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> index a14a6ea..c0bc803 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -1026,7 +1026,10 @@ static void svm_write_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 offset)
> g_tsc_offset = svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset -
> svm->nested.hsave->control.tsc_offset;
> svm->nested.hsave->control.tsc_offset = offset;
> - }
> + } else
> + trace_kvm_write_tsc_offset(vcpu->vcpu_id,
> + svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset,
> + offset);
>
> svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset = offset + g_tsc_offset;
>
> @@ -1044,6 +1047,11 @@ static void svm_adjust_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, s64 adjustment, bool ho
> svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset += adjustment;
> if (is_guest_mode(vcpu))
> svm->nested.hsave->control.tsc_offset += adjustment;
> + else
> + trace_kvm_write_tsc_offset(vcpu->vcpu_id,
> + svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset - adjustment,
> + svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset);
> +
> mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_INTERCEPTS);
> }
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> index fe5e00e..6c82cf1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> @@ -815,6 +815,27 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kvm_track_tsc,
> __print_symbolic(__entry->host_clock, host_clocks))
> );
>
> +TRACE_EVENT(kvm_write_tsc_offset,
> + TP_PROTO(unsigned int vcpu_id, __u64 previous_tsc_offset,
> + __u64 next_tsc_offset),
> + TP_ARGS(vcpu_id, previous_tsc_offset, next_tsc_offset),
> +
> + TP_STRUCT__entry(
> + __field( unsigned int, vcpu_id )
> + __field( __u64, previous_tsc_offset )
> + __field( __u64, next_tsc_offset )
> + ),
> +
> + TP_fast_assign(
> + __entry->vcpu_id = vcpu_id;
> + __entry->previous_tsc_offset = previous_tsc_offset;
> + __entry->next_tsc_offset = next_tsc_offset;
> + ),
> +
> + TP_printk("vcpu=%u prev=%llu next=%llu", __entry->vcpu_id,
> + __entry->previous_tsc_offset, __entry->next_tsc_offset)
> +);
> +
> #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
>
> #endif /* _TRACE_KVM_H */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 25a791e..eb11856 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -2096,6 +2096,8 @@ static void vmx_write_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 offset)
> (nested_cpu_has(vmcs12, CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETING) ?
> vmcs12->tsc_offset : 0));
> } else {
> + trace_kvm_write_tsc_offset(vcpu->vcpu_id,
> + vmcs_read64(TSC_OFFSET), offset);
> vmcs_write64(TSC_OFFSET, offset);
> }
> }
> @@ -2103,11 +2105,14 @@ static void vmx_write_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 offset)
> static void vmx_adjust_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, s64 adjustment, bool host)
> {
> u64 offset = vmcs_read64(TSC_OFFSET);
> +
> vmcs_write64(TSC_OFFSET, offset + adjustment);
> if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
> /* Even when running L2, the adjustment needs to apply to L1 */
> to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.vmcs01_tsc_offset += adjustment;
> - }
> + } else
> + trace_kvm_write_tsc_offset(vcpu->vcpu_id, offset,
> + offset + adjustment);
> }
>
> static u64 vmx_compute_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 target_tsc)
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 05a8b1a..c942a0c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -7264,3 +7264,4 @@ EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_nested_intr_vmexit);
> EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_invlpga);
> EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_skinit);
> EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_nested_intercepts);
> +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_write_tsc_offset);
ACK
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