Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] xen/arm: account for stolen ticks

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Wed May 08 2013 - 12:07:50 EST


Hi Stefano,

On 08/05/13 16:41, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Register the runstate_memory_area with the hypervisor.
> Use pv_time_ops.steal_clock to account for stolen ticks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Changes in v3:
> - use BUG_ON and smp_processor_id.
> ---
> arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> index 13609e0..dfa7738 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
> @@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
> #include <xen/xen-ops.h>
> #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
> #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
> +#include <asm/arch_timer.h>
> #include <asm/system_misc.h>
> +#include <asm/paravirt.h>
> +#include <linux/jump_label.h>
> #include <linux/interrupt.h>
> #include <linux/irqreturn.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> @@ -152,6 +155,19 @@ int xen_unmap_domain_mfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_unmap_domain_mfn_range);
>
> +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 __init xen_percpu_init(void *unused)
> {
> struct vcpu_register_vcpu_info info;
> @@ -169,6 +185,8 @@ static void __init xen_percpu_init(void *unused)
> BUG_ON(err);
> per_cpu(xen_vcpu, cpu) = vcpup;
>
> + xen_setup_runstate_info(cpu);
> +
> enable_percpu_irq(xen_events_irq, 0);
> }
>
> @@ -300,6 +318,10 @@ static int __init xen_init_events(void)
>
> on_each_cpu(xen_percpu_init, NULL, 0);
>
> + pv_time_ops.steal_clock = xen_stolen_accounting;

What guarantee do we have that this is done before the rest of the
kernel calls paravirt_steal_clock()? What if we have Xen support enabled
but don't run as a Xen guest?

> + static_key_slow_inc(&paravirt_steal_enabled);
> + static_key_slow_inc(&paravirt_steal_rq_enabled);
> +
> return 0;
> }
> postcore_initcall(xen_init_events);
>

Thanks,

M.
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