[RFC PATCH 8/9] arm/arm64: add mechanism to let user choose which counter to return

From: Jianyong Wu
Date: Mon Feb 10 2020 - 03:50:17 EST


In general, vm inside will use virtual counter compered with host use
phyical counter. But in some special scenarios, like nested virtualization,
phyical counter maybe used by vm. A interface added in ptp_kvm driver to
offer a mechanism to let user choose which counter should be return from
host.
To use this feature, you should call PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST(2) ioctl with flag
set bit PTP_KVM_ARM_PHY_COUNTER in its argument then call
PTP_SYS_OFFSET_PRECISE(2) ioctl to get the cross timestamp and phyical
counter will return. If the bit not set or no call for PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST2,
virtual counter will return by default.

Signed-off-by: Jianyong Wu <jianyong.wu@xxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 11 ++++++++++-
drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c | 8 +++++++-
drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm_common.c | 7 ++++---
include/uapi/linux/ptp_clock.h | 4 +++-
4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index b1bc8bd198c2..3e43d4e4885e 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -1634,7 +1634,16 @@ int kvm_arch_ptp_get_crosststamp(unsigned long *cycle, struct timespec64 *ts,
struct arm_smccc_res hvc_res;
ktime_t ktime_overall;

- arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(ARM_SMCCC_HYP_KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID, &hvc_res);
+ /*
+ * an argument will be passed by a0 to determine weather virtual
+ * counter or phyical counter should be passed back.
+ */
+ if (*ctx)
+ arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(ARM_SMCCC_HYP_KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID,
+ ARM_SMCCC_HYP_KVM_PTP_PHY, &hvc_res);
+ else
+ arm_smccc_1_1_invoke(ARM_SMCCC_HYP_KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID,
+ ARM_SMCCC_HYP_KVM_PTP_VIRT, &hvc_res);
if ((int)(hvc_res.a0) < 0)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
index 09c3f1e5382d..bd7b6a31b6cb 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ long ptp_ioctl(struct posix_clock *pc, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
struct ptp_pin_desc pd;
struct timespec64 ts;
int enable, err = 0;
+ static long flag;

switch (cmd) {

@@ -149,6 +150,11 @@ long ptp_ioctl(struct posix_clock *pc, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
err = -EFAULT;
break;
}
+ /*
+ * Tell driver to call for physical counter.
+ * This is only for arm.
+ */
+ flag = req.extts.flags & PTP_KVM_ARM_PHY_COUNTER;
if (cmd == PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST2) {
/* Tell the drivers to check the flags carefully. */
req.extts.flags |= PTP_STRICT_FLAGS;
@@ -226,7 +232,7 @@ long ptp_ioctl(struct posix_clock *pc, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
break;
}
- err = ptp->info->getcrosststamp(ptp->info, &xtstamp, NULL);
+ err = ptp->info->getcrosststamp(ptp->info, &xtstamp, &flag);
if (err)
break;

diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm_common.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm_common.c
index 60442f70d3fc..20fbecef1f22 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm_common.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm_common.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int ptp_kvm_get_time_fn(ktime_t *device_time,
spin_lock(&kvm_ptp_lock);

preempt_disable_notrace();
- ret = kvm_arch_ptp_get_crosststamp(&cycle, &tspec, &cs);
+ ret = kvm_arch_ptp_get_crosststamp(&cycle, &tspec, &cs, ctx);
if (ret != 0) {
pr_err_ratelimited("clock pairing hypercall ret %lu\n", ret);
spin_unlock(&kvm_ptp_lock);
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ static int ptp_kvm_get_time_fn(ktime_t *device_time,
}

static int ptp_kvm_getcrosststamp(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp,
- struct system_device_crosststamp *xtstamp)
+ struct system_device_crosststamp *xtstamp,
+ long *flag)
{
- return get_device_system_crosststamp(ptp_kvm_get_time_fn, NULL,
+ return get_device_system_crosststamp(ptp_kvm_get_time_fn, flag,
NULL, xtstamp);
}

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ptp_clock.h b/include/uapi/linux/ptp_clock.h
index 9dc9d0079e98..71e388a82244 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ptp_clock.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ptp_clock.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#define PTP_RISING_EDGE (1<<1)
#define PTP_FALLING_EDGE (1<<2)
#define PTP_STRICT_FLAGS (1<<3)
+#define PTP_KVM_ARM_PHY_COUNTER (1<<4)
#define PTP_EXTTS_EDGES (PTP_RISING_EDGE | PTP_FALLING_EDGE)

/*
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@
#define PTP_EXTTS_VALID_FLAGS (PTP_ENABLE_FEATURE | \
PTP_RISING_EDGE | \
PTP_FALLING_EDGE | \
- PTP_STRICT_FLAGS)
+ PTP_STRICT_FLAGS | \
+ PTP_KVM_ARM_PHY_COUNTER)

/*
* flag fields valid for the original PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST ioctl.
--
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