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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] xen/arm: remove physical timer offset



On 12/18/2019 9:20 AM, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> On 11/12/2019 21:13, Jeff Kubascik wrote:
>> The physical timer traps apply an offset so that time starts at 0 for
>> the guest. However, this offset is not currently applied to the physical
>> counter. Per the ARMv8 Reference Manual (ARM DDI 0487E.a), section
>> D11.2.4 Timers, the "Offset" between the counter and timer should be
>> zero for a physical timer. This removes the offset to make the timer and
>> counter consistent.
>>
>> This also cleans up the physical timer implementation to better match
>> the virtual timer - both cval's now hold the hardware value.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kubascik <jeff.kubascik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   xen/arch/arm/vtimer.c        | 34 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
>>   xen/include/asm-arm/domain.h |  3 ---
>>   2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/vtimer.c b/xen/arch/arm/vtimer.c
>> index e6aebdac9e..21b98ec20a 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/vtimer.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/vtimer.c
>> @@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ static void virt_timer_expired(void *data)
>>
>>   int domain_vtimer_init(struct domain *d, struct xen_arch_domainconfig 
>> *config)
>>   {
>> -    d->arch.phys_timer_base.offset = NOW();
>>       d->arch.virt_timer_base.offset = READ_SYSREG64(CNTPCT_EL0);
>>       d->time_offset_seconds = ticks_to_ns(d->arch.virt_timer_base.offset - 
>> boot_count);
>>       do_div(d->time_offset_seconds, 1000000000);
>> @@ -108,7 +107,6 @@ int vcpu_vtimer_init(struct vcpu *v)
>>
>>       init_timer(&t->timer, phys_timer_expired, t, v->processor);
>>       t->ctl = 0;
>> -    t->cval = NOW();
>>       t->irq = d0
>>           ? timer_get_irq(TIMER_PHYS_NONSECURE_PPI)
>>           : GUEST_TIMER_PHYS_NS_PPI;
>> @@ -167,6 +165,7 @@ void virt_timer_restore(struct vcpu *v)
>>   static bool vtimer_cntp_ctl(struct cpu_user_regs *regs, uint32_t *r, bool 
>> read)
>>   {
>>       struct vcpu *v = current;
>> +    s_time_t expires;
>>
>>       if ( !ACCESS_ALLOWED(regs, EL0PTEN) )
>>           return false;
>> @@ -184,8 +183,9 @@ static bool vtimer_cntp_ctl(struct cpu_user_regs *regs, 
>> uint32_t *r, bool read)
>>
>>           if ( v->arch.phys_timer.ctl & CNTx_CTL_ENABLE )
>>           {
>> -            set_timer(&v->arch.phys_timer.timer,
>> -                      v->arch.phys_timer.cval + 
>> v->domain->arch.phys_timer_base.offset);
>> +            expires = v->arch.phys_timer.cval > boot_count
>> +                      ? ticks_to_ns(v->arch.phys_timer.cval - boot_count) : 
>> 0;
>> +            set_timer(&v->arch.phys_timer.timer, expires);
>>           }
>>           else
>>               stop_timer(&v->arch.phys_timer.timer);
>> @@ -197,26 +197,27 @@ static bool vtimer_cntp_tval(struct cpu_user_regs 
>> *regs, uint32_t *r,
>>                                bool read)
>>   {
>>       struct vcpu *v = current;
>> -    s_time_t now;
>> +    uint64_t cntpct;
>> +    s_time_t expires;
>>
>>       if ( !ACCESS_ALLOWED(regs, EL0PTEN) )
>>           return false;
>>
>> -    now = NOW() - v->domain->arch.phys_timer_base.offset;
>> +    cntpct = get_cycles();
>>
>>       if ( read )
>>       {
>> -        *r = (uint32_t)(ns_to_ticks(v->arch.phys_timer.cval - now) & 
>> 0xffffffffull);
>> +        *r = (uint32_t)((v->arch.phys_timer.cval - cntpct) & 0xffffffffull);
>>       }
>>       else
>>       {
>> -        v->arch.phys_timer.cval = now + ticks_to_ns(*r);
>> +        v->arch.phys_timer.cval = cntpct + *r;
>>           if ( v->arch.phys_timer.ctl & CNTx_CTL_ENABLE )
>>           {
>>               v->arch.phys_timer.ctl &= ~CNTx_CTL_PENDING;
>> -            set_timer(&v->arch.phys_timer.timer,
>> -                      v->arch.phys_timer.cval +
>> -                      v->domain->arch.phys_timer_base.offset);
>> +            expires = v->arch.phys_timer.cval > boot_count
>> +                      ? ticks_to_ns(v->arch.phys_timer.cval - boot_count) : 
>> 0;
> 
> You probably want a comment to explain why you set to 0 here.

This code is repeated in 3 places - it probably doesn't make sense to have 3
duplicate comments as well. I think it would fit well with your function
suggestion below.

>> +            set_timer(&v->arch.phys_timer.timer, expires);
>>           }
>>       }
>>       return true;
>> @@ -226,23 +227,24 @@ static bool vtimer_cntp_cval(struct cpu_user_regs 
>> *regs, uint64_t *r,
>>                                bool read)
>>   {
>>       struct vcpu *v = current;
>> +    s_time_t expires;
>>
>>       if ( !ACCESS_ALLOWED(regs, EL0PTEN) )
>>           return false;
>>
>>       if ( read )
>>       {
>> -        *r = ns_to_ticks(v->arch.phys_timer.cval);
>> +        *r = v->arch.phys_timer.cval;
>>       }
>>       else
>>       {
>> -        v->arch.phys_timer.cval = ticks_to_ns(*r);
>> +        v->arch.phys_timer.cval = *r;
>>           if ( v->arch.phys_timer.ctl & CNTx_CTL_ENABLE )
>>           {
>>               v->arch.phys_timer.ctl &= ~CNTx_CTL_PENDING;
>> -            set_timer(&v->arch.phys_timer.timer,
>> -                      v->arch.phys_timer.cval +
>> -                      v->domain->arch.phys_timer_base.offset);
>> +            expires = v->arch.phys_timer.cval > boot_count
>> +                      ? ticks_to_ns(v->arch.phys_timer.cval - boot_count) : 
>> 0;
> 
> Same here. But I am wondering whether we could factor this code in a
> function. This would avoid code duplication and make the code simpler.
> 
> This can be done as a follow-up as we may want to backport the fix.

This is a great idea. However, I would consider this further scope creep for
this patch set - I think what is here is already a great improvement. I am
currently focused on wrapping up a project; unfortunately, this change would be
low on the priority list for me and I may not be able to get to it.

>> +            set_timer(&v->arch.phys_timer.timer, expires);
>>           }
>>       }
>>       return true;
>> diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/domain.h b/xen/include/asm-arm/domain.h
>> index f3f3fb7d7f..adc7fe7210 100644
>> --- a/xen/include/asm-arm/domain.h
>> +++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/domain.h
>> @@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ struct arch_domain
>>           RELMEM_done,
>>       } relmem;
>>
>> -    struct {
>> -        uint64_t offset;
>> -    } phys_timer_base;
>>       struct {
>>           uint64_t offset;
>>       } virt_timer_base;
>>
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Julien Grall
> 

Sincerely,
Jeff Kubascik

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