linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/cpu: Introduce x86_get_cpufreq

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Date:   Sat, 4 Dec 2021 11:46:00 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     zhenwei pi <pizhenwei@...edance.com>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, pbonzini@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/cpu: Introduce x86_get_cpufreq_khz()

On Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 03:34:04PM +0800, zhenwei pi wrote:
> A KVM guest overwrites the '.calibrate_tsc' and '.calibrate_cpu' if kvmclock
> is supported:
> 
> in function kvmclock_init(void) (linux/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c)
> 	...
>         x86_platform.calibrate_tsc = kvm_get_tsc_khz;
>         x86_platform.calibrate_cpu = kvm_get_tsc_khz;
> 	...
> 
> And kvm_get_tsc_khz reads PV data from host side. Before guest reads this,
> KVM should writes the frequency into the PV data structure.
> 
> And the problem is that KVM gets tsc_khz directly without aperf/mperf
> detection. So user may gets different frequency(cat /proc/cpuinfo) from
> guest & host.
> 
> Or is that possible to export function 'aperfmperf_get_khz'?

TSC frequency and aperf/mperf are unrelated. You're trying to make apple
juice with carrots.