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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1605201302110.2452@sstabellini-ThinkPad-X260>
Date:	Fri, 20 May 2016 13:02:18 +0100 (BST)
From:	Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
To:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
cc:	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sstabellini@...nel.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
	david.vrabel@...rix.com, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] xen: add steal_clock support on x86

On Fri, 20 May 2016, Juergen Gross wrote:
> The pv_time_ops structure contains a function pointer for the
> "steal_clock" functionality used only by KVM and Xen on ARM. Xen on x86
> uses its own mechanism to account for the "stolen" time a thread wasn't
> able to run due to hypervisor scheduling.
> 
> Add support in Xen arch independent time handling for this feature by
> moving it out of the arm arch into drivers/xen and remove the x86 Xen
> hack.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>

Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>


> V4: minor adjustments as requested by Stefano Stabellini (remove
>     no longer needed #include, remove __init from header)
> V3: add #include <asm/paravirt.h> to avoid build error on arm
> V2: remove the x86 do_stolen_accounting() hack
> ---
>  arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c    | 18 ++----------------
>  arch/x86/xen/time.c         | 44 ++------------------------------------------
>  drivers/xen/time.c          | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/kernel_stat.h |  1 -
>  include/xen/xen-ops.h       |  1 +
>  kernel/sched/cputime.c      | 10 ----------
>  6 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> index 75cd734..71db30c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
>  #include <xen/page.h>
>  #include <xen/interface/sched.h>
>  #include <xen/xen-ops.h>
> -#include <asm/paravirt.h>
>  #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
>  #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
>  #include <asm/system_misc.h>
> @@ -84,19 +83,6 @@ int xen_unmap_domain_gfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_unmap_domain_gfn_range);
>  
> -static unsigned long long xen_stolen_accounting(int cpu)
> -{
> -	struct vcpu_runstate_info state;
> -
> -	BUG_ON(cpu != smp_processor_id());
> -
> -	xen_get_runstate_snapshot(&state);
> -
> -	WARN_ON(state.state != RUNSTATE_running);
> -
> -	return state.time[RUNSTATE_runnable] + state.time[RUNSTATE_offline];
> -}
> -
>  static void xen_read_wallclock(struct timespec64 *ts)
>  {
>  	u32 version;
> @@ -355,8 +341,8 @@ static int __init xen_guest_init(void)
>  
>  	register_cpu_notifier(&xen_cpu_notifier);
>  
> -	pv_time_ops.steal_clock = xen_stolen_accounting;
> -	static_key_slow_inc(&paravirt_steal_enabled);
> +	xen_time_setup_guest();
> +
>  	if (xen_initial_domain())
>  		pvclock_gtod_register_notifier(&xen_pvclock_gtod_notifier);
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/time.c b/arch/x86/xen/time.c
> index a0a4e55..6be31df 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/time.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/time.c
> @@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
>  #include <linux/interrupt.h>
>  #include <linux/clocksource.h>
>  #include <linux/clockchips.h>
> -#include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
> -#include <linux/math64.h>
>  #include <linux/gfp.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/pvclock_gtod.h>
> @@ -31,44 +29,6 @@
>  
>  /* Xen may fire a timer up to this many ns early */
>  #define TIMER_SLOP	100000
> -#define NS_PER_TICK	(1000000000LL / HZ)
> -
> -/* snapshots of runstate info */
> -static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vcpu_runstate_info, xen_runstate_snapshot);
> -
> -/* unused ns of stolen time */
> -static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, xen_residual_stolen);
> -
> -static void do_stolen_accounting(void)
> -{
> -	struct vcpu_runstate_info state;
> -	struct vcpu_runstate_info *snap;
> -	s64 runnable, offline, stolen;
> -	cputime_t ticks;
> -
> -	xen_get_runstate_snapshot(&state);
> -
> -	WARN_ON(state.state != RUNSTATE_running);
> -
> -	snap = this_cpu_ptr(&xen_runstate_snapshot);
> -
> -	/* work out how much time the VCPU has not been runn*ing*  */
> -	runnable = state.time[RUNSTATE_runnable] - snap->time[RUNSTATE_runnable];
> -	offline = state.time[RUNSTATE_offline] - snap->time[RUNSTATE_offline];
> -
> -	*snap = state;
> -
> -	/* Add the appropriate number of ticks of stolen time,
> -	   including any left-overs from last time. */
> -	stolen = runnable + offline + __this_cpu_read(xen_residual_stolen);
> -
> -	if (stolen < 0)
> -		stolen = 0;
> -
> -	ticks = iter_div_u64_rem(stolen, NS_PER_TICK, &stolen);
> -	__this_cpu_write(xen_residual_stolen, stolen);
> -	account_steal_ticks(ticks);
> -}
>  
>  /* Get the TSC speed from Xen */
>  static unsigned long xen_tsc_khz(void)
> @@ -335,8 +295,6 @@ static irqreturn_t xen_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
>  		ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
>  	}
>  
> -	do_stolen_accounting();
> -
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> @@ -431,6 +389,8 @@ static void __init xen_time_init(void)
>  	xen_setup_timer(cpu);
>  	xen_setup_cpu_clockevents();
>  
> +	xen_time_setup_guest();
> +
>  	if (xen_initial_domain())
>  		pvclock_gtod_register_notifier(&xen_pvclock_gtod_notifier);
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/time.c b/drivers/xen/time.c
> index 7107842..2257b66 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/time.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/time.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>  #include <linux/math64.h>
>  #include <linux/gfp.h>
>  
> +#include <asm/paravirt.h>
>  #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
>  #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
>  
> @@ -75,6 +76,15 @@ bool xen_vcpu_stolen(int vcpu)
>  	return per_cpu(xen_runstate, vcpu).state == RUNSTATE_runnable;
>  }
>  
> +static u64 xen_steal_clock(int cpu)
> +{
> +	struct vcpu_runstate_info state;
> +
> +	BUG_ON(cpu != smp_processor_id());
> +	xen_get_runstate_snapshot(&state);
> +	return state.time[RUNSTATE_runnable] + state.time[RUNSTATE_offline];
> +}
> +
>  void xen_setup_runstate_info(int cpu)
>  {
>  	struct vcpu_register_runstate_memory_area area;
> @@ -86,3 +96,13 @@ void xen_setup_runstate_info(int cpu)
>  		BUG();
>  }
>  
> +void __init xen_time_setup_guest(void)
> +{
> +	pv_time_ops.steal_clock = xen_steal_clock;
> +
> +	static_key_slow_inc(&paravirt_steal_enabled);
> +	/*
> +	 * We can't set paravirt_steal_rq_enabled as this would require the
> +	 * capability to read another cpu's runstate info.
> +	 */
> +}
> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
> index 25a822f..44fda64 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
> @@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ static inline void account_process_tick(struct task_struct *tsk, int user)
>  extern void account_process_tick(struct task_struct *, int user);
>  #endif
>  
> -extern void account_steal_ticks(unsigned long ticks);
>  extern void account_idle_ticks(unsigned long ticks);
>  
>  #endif /* _LINUX_KERNEL_STAT_H */
> diff --git a/include/xen/xen-ops.h b/include/xen/xen-ops.h
> index 86abe07..77bf9d1 100644
> --- a/include/xen/xen-ops.h
> +++ b/include/xen/xen-ops.h
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ void xen_resume_notifier_unregister(struct notifier_block *nb);
>  
>  bool xen_vcpu_stolen(int vcpu);
>  void xen_setup_runstate_info(int cpu);
> +void xen_time_setup_guest(void);
>  void xen_get_runstate_snapshot(struct vcpu_runstate_info *res);
>  
>  int xen_setup_shutdown_event(void);
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/cputime.c b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> index 75f98c5..8c4c6dc 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> @@ -490,16 +490,6 @@ void account_process_tick(struct task_struct *p, int user_tick)
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - * Account multiple ticks of steal time.
> - * @p: the process from which the cpu time has been stolen
> - * @ticks: number of stolen ticks
> - */
> -void account_steal_ticks(unsigned long ticks)
> -{
> -	account_steal_time(jiffies_to_cputime(ticks));
> -}
> -
> -/*
>   * Account multiple ticks of idle time.
>   * @ticks: number of stolen ticks
>   */
> -- 
> 2.6.6
> 

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