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[2/3] qemu-x86: Add tsc_freq option to -cpu

Message ID 1310047993-7649-3-git-send-email-joerg.roedel@amd.com (mailing list archive)
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Joerg Roedel July 7, 2011, 2:13 p.m. UTC
To let the user configure the desired tsc frequency for the
guest if running in KVM.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
---
 target-i386/cpu.h   |    1 +
 target-i386/cpuid.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Comments

Marcelo Tosatti July 19, 2011, 11:46 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 04:13:12PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> To let the user configure the desired tsc frequency for the
> guest if running in KVM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
> ---
>  target-i386/cpu.h   |    1 +
>  target-i386/cpuid.c |   13 +++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.h b/target-i386/cpu.h
> index cdf68ff..399e124 100644
> --- a/target-i386/cpu.h
> +++ b/target-i386/cpu.h
> @@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ typedef struct CPUX86State {
>      uint32_t cpuid_kvm_features;
>      uint32_t cpuid_svm_features;
>      bool tsc_valid;
> +    int tsc_khz;

This should be saved/restore in migration data (missing VMSTATE entry).

>      /* in order to simplify APIC support, we leave this pointer to the
>         user */
> diff --git a/target-i386/cpuid.c b/target-i386/cpuid.c
> index e1ae3af..89e9623 100644
> --- a/target-i386/cpuid.c
> +++ b/target-i386/cpuid.c
> @@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ typedef struct x86_def_t {
>      int family;
>      int model;
>      int stepping;
> +    int tsc_khz;
>      uint32_t features, ext_features, ext2_features, ext3_features;
>      uint32_t kvm_features, svm_features;
>      uint32_t xlevel;
> @@ -704,6 +705,17 @@ static int cpu_x86_find_by_name(x86_def_t *x86_cpu_def, const char *cpu_model)
>              } else if (!strcmp(featurestr, "model_id")) {
>                  pstrcpy(x86_cpu_def->model_id, sizeof(x86_cpu_def->model_id),
>                          val);
> +            } else if (!strcmp(featurestr, "tsc_freq")) {
> +                int64_t tsc_freq;
> +                char *err;
> +
> +                tsc_freq = strtosz_suffix_unit(val, &err,
> +                                               STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_B, 1000);
> +                if (!*val || *err) {
> +                    fprintf(stderr, "bad numerical value %s\n", val);
> +                    goto error;
> +                }
> +                x86_cpu_def->tsc_khz = tsc_freq / 1000;
>              } else {
>                  fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized feature %s\n", featurestr);
>                  goto error;
> @@ -872,6 +884,7 @@ int cpu_x86_register (CPUX86State *env, const char *cpu_model)
>      env->cpuid_svm_features = def->svm_features;
>      env->cpuid_ext4_features = def->ext4_features;
>      env->cpuid_xlevel2 = def->xlevel2;
> +    env->tsc_khz = def->tsc_khz;
>      if (!kvm_enabled()) {
>          env->cpuid_features &= TCG_FEATURES;
>          env->cpuid_ext_features &= TCG_EXT_FEATURES;
> -- 
> 1.7.4.1
> 
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Avi Kivity July 19, 2011, 12:20 p.m. UTC | #2
On 07/19/2011 02:46 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 04:13:12PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> >  To let the user configure the desired tsc frequency for the
> >  guest if running in KVM.
> >
> >  Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel<joerg.roedel@amd.com>
> >  ---
> >   target-i386/cpu.h   |    1 +
> >   target-i386/cpuid.c |   13 +++++++++++++
> >   2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> >  diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.h b/target-i386/cpu.h
> >  index cdf68ff..399e124 100644
> >  --- a/target-i386/cpu.h
> >  +++ b/target-i386/cpu.h
> >  @@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ typedef struct CPUX86State {
> >       uint32_t cpuid_kvm_features;
> >       uint32_t cpuid_svm_features;
> >       bool tsc_valid;
> >  +    int tsc_khz;
>
> This should be saved/restore in migration data (missing VMSTATE entry).

Why?  It's static data.  Traditionally we only migrate runtime data.

(although we've been talking about starting a naked qemu and pushing all 
of the configuration from the source).
Marcelo Tosatti July 19, 2011, 12:56 p.m. UTC | #3
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 03:20:37PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/19/2011 02:46 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> >On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 04:13:12PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> >>  To let the user configure the desired tsc frequency for the
> >>  guest if running in KVM.
> >>
> >>  Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel<joerg.roedel@amd.com>
> >>  ---
> >>   target-i386/cpu.h   |    1 +
> >>   target-i386/cpuid.c |   13 +++++++++++++
> >>   2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>
> >>  diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.h b/target-i386/cpu.h
> >>  index cdf68ff..399e124 100644
> >>  --- a/target-i386/cpu.h
> >>  +++ b/target-i386/cpu.h
> >>  @@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ typedef struct CPUX86State {
> >>       uint32_t cpuid_kvm_features;
> >>       uint32_t cpuid_svm_features;
> >>       bool tsc_valid;
> >>  +    int tsc_khz;
> >
> >This should be saved/restore in migration data (missing VMSTATE entry).
> 
> Why?  It's static data.  Traditionally we only migrate runtime data.
> 
> (although we've been talking about starting a naked qemu and pushing
> all of the configuration from the source).

Right.

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Joerg Roedel July 19, 2011, 1:30 p.m. UTC | #4
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 03:20:37PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/19/2011 02:46 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 04:13:12PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
>> >  To let the user configure the desired tsc frequency for the
>> >  guest if running in KVM.
>> >
>> >  Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel<joerg.roedel@amd.com>
>> >  ---
>> >   target-i386/cpu.h   |    1 +
>> >   target-i386/cpuid.c |   13 +++++++++++++
>> >   2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>> >
>> >  diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.h b/target-i386/cpu.h
>> >  index cdf68ff..399e124 100644
>> >  --- a/target-i386/cpu.h
>> >  +++ b/target-i386/cpu.h
>> >  @@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ typedef struct CPUX86State {
>> >       uint32_t cpuid_kvm_features;
>> >       uint32_t cpuid_svm_features;
>> >       bool tsc_valid;
>> >  +    int tsc_khz;
>>
>> This should be saved/restore in migration data (missing VMSTATE entry).
>
> Why?  It's static data.  Traditionally we only migrate runtime data.
>
> (although we've been talking about starting a naked qemu and pushing all  
> of the configuration from the source).

Hmm, I planned to do the VMSTATE thing in a follow-on patch-set. The
plan is to read the VCPU tsc_freq at guest start time on !tsc-scale
hosts and migrate it over so that the destination host can set the
tsc-freq if it supports tsc-scaling.

	Joerg

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Avi Kivity July 19, 2011, 1:54 p.m. UTC | #5
On 07/19/2011 04:30 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> >
> >  (although we've been talking about starting a naked qemu and pushing all
> >  of the configuration from the source).
>
> Hmm, I planned to do the VMSTATE thing in a follow-on patch-set. The
> plan is to read the VCPU tsc_freq at guest start time on !tsc-scale
> hosts and migrate it over so that the destination host can set the
> tsc-freq if it supports tsc-scaling.

This can be done by a management tool if desired.
Avi Kivity July 19, 2011, 1:55 p.m. UTC | #6
On 07/19/2011 04:54 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/19/2011 04:30 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
>> >
>> >  (although we've been talking about starting a naked qemu and 
>> pushing all
>> >  of the configuration from the source).
>>
>> Hmm, I planned to do the VMSTATE thing in a follow-on patch-set. The
>> plan is to read the VCPU tsc_freq at guest start time on !tsc-scale
>> hosts and migrate it over so that the destination host can set the
>> tsc-freq if it supports tsc-scaling.
>
> This can be done by a management tool if desired.
>

Although, if we do this unconditionally (that is, also for tsc-scale 
hosts) then we get stable tsc even without supplying a tsc frequency 
argument... need to think about this.
Joerg Roedel July 19, 2011, 2:14 p.m. UTC | #7
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 04:55:53PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/19/2011 04:54 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> On 07/19/2011 04:30 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote:

>>> Hmm, I planned to do the VMSTATE thing in a follow-on patch-set. The
>>> plan is to read the VCPU tsc_freq at guest start time on !tsc-scale
>>> hosts and migrate it over so that the destination host can set the
>>> tsc-freq if it supports tsc-scaling.
>>
>> This can be done by a management tool if desired.
>>
>
> Although, if we do this unconditionally (that is, also for tsc-scale  
> hosts) then we get stable tsc even without supplying a tsc frequency  
> argument... need to think about this.

It has the advantage that it "just works", without the need to extend
management tools and the like. And it makes migration more transparent
to the guests.

	Joerg

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Avi Kivity July 19, 2011, 3:55 p.m. UTC | #8
On 07/19/2011 05:14 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 04:55:53PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >  On 07/19/2011 04:54 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >>  On 07/19/2011 04:30 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
>
> >>>  Hmm, I planned to do the VMSTATE thing in a follow-on patch-set. The
> >>>  plan is to read the VCPU tsc_freq at guest start time on !tsc-scale
> >>>  hosts and migrate it over so that the destination host can set the
> >>>  tsc-freq if it supports tsc-scaling.
> >>
> >>  This can be done by a management tool if desired.
> >>
> >
> >  Although, if we do this unconditionally (that is, also for tsc-scale
> >  hosts) then we get stable tsc even without supplying a tsc frequency
> >  argument... need to think about this.
>
> It has the advantage that it "just works", without the need to extend
> management tools and the like. And it makes migration more transparent
> to the guests.
>

Yes, exactly.  The flip side is that automagic stuff is sometimes 
unexpected and leads to breakage.  I'm not sure what the right thing is.
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Patch

diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.h b/target-i386/cpu.h
index cdf68ff..399e124 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.h
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@  typedef struct CPUX86State {
     uint32_t cpuid_kvm_features;
     uint32_t cpuid_svm_features;
     bool tsc_valid;
+    int tsc_khz;
     
     /* in order to simplify APIC support, we leave this pointer to the
        user */
diff --git a/target-i386/cpuid.c b/target-i386/cpuid.c
index e1ae3af..89e9623 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpuid.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpuid.c
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@  typedef struct x86_def_t {
     int family;
     int model;
     int stepping;
+    int tsc_khz;
     uint32_t features, ext_features, ext2_features, ext3_features;
     uint32_t kvm_features, svm_features;
     uint32_t xlevel;
@@ -704,6 +705,17 @@  static int cpu_x86_find_by_name(x86_def_t *x86_cpu_def, const char *cpu_model)
             } else if (!strcmp(featurestr, "model_id")) {
                 pstrcpy(x86_cpu_def->model_id, sizeof(x86_cpu_def->model_id),
                         val);
+            } else if (!strcmp(featurestr, "tsc_freq")) {
+                int64_t tsc_freq;
+                char *err;
+
+                tsc_freq = strtosz_suffix_unit(val, &err,
+                                               STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_B, 1000);
+                if (!*val || *err) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "bad numerical value %s\n", val);
+                    goto error;
+                }
+                x86_cpu_def->tsc_khz = tsc_freq / 1000;
             } else {
                 fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized feature %s\n", featurestr);
                 goto error;
@@ -872,6 +884,7 @@  int cpu_x86_register (CPUX86State *env, const char *cpu_model)
     env->cpuid_svm_features = def->svm_features;
     env->cpuid_ext4_features = def->ext4_features;
     env->cpuid_xlevel2 = def->xlevel2;
+    env->tsc_khz = def->tsc_khz;
     if (!kvm_enabled()) {
         env->cpuid_features &= TCG_FEATURES;
         env->cpuid_ext_features &= TCG_EXT_FEATURES;