linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 23/38] x86/kvmclock: Refactor handling of PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT during kvmclock

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Message-ID: <20250227021855.3257188-24-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:18:39 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org, 
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, 
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, 
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, 
	Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>, Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@...adcom.com>, 
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, 
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>, 
	John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, 
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, 
	linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, 
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 23/38] x86/kvmclock: Refactor handling of
 PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT during kvmclock_init()

Clean up the setting of PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT during kvmclock init to
make it somewhat obvious that pvclock_read_flags() must be called *after*
pvclock_set_flags().

Note, in theory, a different PV clock could have set PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT
in the supported flags, i.e. reading flags only if
KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT is set could very, very theoretically
result in a change in behavior.  In practice, the kernel only supports a
single PV clock.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index 934ee4a4c6d4..0580fe1aefa0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static void __init kvm_sched_clock_init(bool stable)
 
 void __init kvmclock_init(void)
 {
-	u8 flags;
+	bool stable = false;
 
 	if (!kvm_para_available() || !kvmclock)
 		return;
@@ -331,11 +331,18 @@ void __init kvmclock_init(void)
 	kvm_register_clock("primary cpu clock");
 	pvclock_set_pvti_cpu0_va(hv_clock_boot);
 
-	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT))
+	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT)) {
 		pvclock_set_flags(PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT);
 
-	flags = pvclock_read_flags(&hv_clock_boot[0].pvti);
-	kvm_sched_clock_init(flags & PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT);
+		/*
+		 * Check if the clock is stable *after* marking TSC_STABLE as a
+		 * valid flag.
+		 */
+		stable = pvclock_read_flags(&hv_clock_boot[0].pvti) &
+			 PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT;
+	}
+
+	kvm_sched_clock_init(stable);
 
 	tsc_register_calibration_routines(kvm_get_tsc_khz, kvm_get_tsc_khz);
 
-- 
2.48.1.711.g2feabab25a-goog