[v3,08/28] i386/xen: Ignore VCPU_SSHOTTMR_future flag in set_singleshot_timer()

Commit Message

David Woodhouse Oct. 25, 2023, 2:50 p.m. UTC

From: David Woodhouse <[e-mail]>

Upstream Xen now ignores this flag¹, since the only guest kernel ever to
use it was buggy.

¹ https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commitdiff;h=19c6cbd909

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <[e-mail]>
Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <[e-mail]>
---
 target/i386/kvm/xen-emu.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Comments

Paul Durrant Oct. 27, 2023, 7:23 a.m. UTC | #1

On 25/10/2023 15:50, David Woodhouse wrote:
> From: David Woodhouse <[e-mail]>
> 
> Upstream Xen now ignores this flag¹, since the only guest kernel ever to
> use it was buggy.
> 
> ¹ https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commitdiff;h=19c6cbd909
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <[e-mail]>
> Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <[e-mail]>
> ---
>   target/i386/kvm/xen-emu.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <[e-mail]>

Patch

diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/xen-emu.c b/target/i386/kvm/xen-emu.c
index 75b2c557b9..1dc9ab0d91 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm/xen-emu.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm/xen-emu.c
@@ -1077,17 +1077,13 @@  static int vcpuop_stop_periodic_timer(CPUState *target)
  * Must always be called with xen_timers_lock held.
  */
 static int do_set_singleshot_timer(CPUState *cs, uint64_t timeout_abs,
-                                   bool future, bool linux_wa)
+                                   bool linux_wa)
 {
     CPUX86State *env = &X86_CPU(cs)->env;
     int64_t now = kvm_get_current_ns();
     int64_t qemu_now = qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
     int64_t delta = timeout_abs - now;
 
-    if (future && timeout_abs < now) {
-        return -ETIME;
-    }
-
     if (linux_wa && unlikely((int64_t)timeout_abs < 0 ||
                              (delta > 0 && (uint32_t)(delta >> 50) != 0))) {
         /*
@@ -1129,9 +1125,13 @@  static int vcpuop_set_singleshot_timer(CPUState *cs, uint64_t arg)
     }
 
     QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&X86_CPU(cs)->env.xen_timers_lock);
-    return do_set_singleshot_timer(cs, sst.timeout_abs_ns,
-                                   !!(sst.flags & VCPU_SSHOTTMR_future),
-                                   false);
+
+    /*
+     * We ignore the VCPU_SSHOTTMR_future flag, just as Xen now does.
+     * The only guest that ever used it, got it wrong.
+     * https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commitdiff;h=19c6cbd909
+     */
+    return do_set_singleshot_timer(cs, sst.timeout_abs_ns, false);
 }
 
 static int vcpuop_stop_singleshot_timer(CPUState *cs)
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@  static bool kvm_xen_hcall_set_timer_op(struct kvm_xen_exit *exit, X86CPU *cpu,
         err = vcpuop_stop_singleshot_timer(CPU(cpu));
     } else {
         QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&X86_CPU(cpu)->env.xen_timers_lock);
-        err = do_set_singleshot_timer(CPU(cpu), timeout, false, true);
+        err = do_set_singleshot_timer(CPU(cpu), timeout, true);
     }
     exit->u.hcall.result = err;
     return true;
@@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@  int kvm_put_xen_state(CPUState *cs)
         QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&env->xen_timers_lock);
         if (env->xen_singleshot_timer_ns) {
             ret = do_set_singleshot_timer(cs, env->xen_singleshot_timer_ns,
-                                    false, false);
+                                          false);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 return ret;
             }