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[Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/4] x86/hvm: Let the guest miss a few ticks before resetting the timer.



Signed-off-by: Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/rtc.c        |   15 +++++++++------
 xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vpt.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/rtc.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/rtc.c
index ecc9916..4c0e7d4 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/rtc.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/rtc.c
@@ -77,16 +77,17 @@ void rtc_periodic_interrupt(void *opaque)
     RTCState *s = opaque;
 
     spin_lock(&s->lock);
-    if ( s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_REG_C] & RTC_PF )
-    {
-        destroy_periodic_time(&s->pt);
-        s->pt_active = 0;
-    }
-    else
+    if ( !(s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_REG_C] & RTC_PF) )
     {
         s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_REG_C] |= RTC_PF;
         rtc_update_irq(s);
     }
+    else if ( ++(s->pt_dead_ticks) >= 10 )
+    {
+        /* VM is ignoring its RTC; no point in running the timer */
+        destroy_periodic_time(&s->pt);
+        s->pt_active = 0;
+    }
     spin_unlock(&s->lock);
 }
 
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ static void rtc_timer_update(RTCState *s)
 
     ASSERT(spin_is_locked(&s->lock));
 
+    s->pt_dead_ticks = 0;
+
     period_code = s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_REG_A] & RTC_RATE_SELECT;
     switch ( s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_REG_A] & RTC_DIV_CTL )
     {
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vpt.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vpt.h
index 76a83a1..4d274d3 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vpt.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vpt.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ typedef struct RTCState {
     s_time_t start_time;
     int period;
     bool_t pt_active;
+    uint8_t pt_dead_ticks;
     uint32_t use_timer;
     spinlock_t lock;
 } RTCState;
-- 
1.7.10.4


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