xen/17526-variable-delay-timestamps-fix.patch

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# HG changeset patch
# User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com>
# Date 1209631544 -3600
# Node ID 013a47065e8c4e815e3b1aba0883341c19238e82
# Parent 483d006cc60765357dcdb66ab0fc43c955ecd8fe
x86 time: Read platform time before locally-extrapolated time during
calibration and frequency changes. This places the variable delay
(acquiring the platform_timer_lock) safely as the very first thing we
do, avoiding a variable delay /between/ computing the two timestamps.
Problem diagnosed by Dave Winchell <dwinchell@virtualiron.com>
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com>
Index: xen-3.2.1-testing/xen/arch/x86/time.c
===================================================================
--- xen-3.2.1-testing.orig/xen/arch/x86/time.c
+++ xen-3.2.1-testing/xen/arch/x86/time.c
@@ -738,12 +738,13 @@ int cpu_frequency_change(u64 freq)
}
local_irq_disable();
- rdtscll(curr_tsc);
- t->local_tsc_stamp = curr_tsc;
+ /* Platform time /first/, as we may be delayed by platform_timer_lock. */
t->stime_master_stamp = read_platform_stime();
/* TSC-extrapolated time may be bogus after frequency change. */
/*t->stime_local_stamp = get_s_time();*/
t->stime_local_stamp = t->stime_master_stamp;
+ rdtscll(curr_tsc);
+ t->local_tsc_stamp = curr_tsc;
set_time_scale(&t->tsc_scale, freq);
local_irq_enable();
@@ -813,11 +814,14 @@ static void local_time_calibration(void
prev_local_stime = t->stime_local_stamp;
prev_master_stime = t->stime_master_stamp;
- /* Disable IRQs to get 'instantaneous' current timestamps. */
+ /*
+ * Disable IRQs to get 'instantaneous' current timestamps. We read platform
+ * time first, as we may be delayed when acquiring platform_timer_lock.
+ */
local_irq_disable();
- rdtscll(curr_tsc);
- curr_local_stime = get_s_time();
curr_master_stime = read_platform_stime();
+ curr_local_stime = get_s_time();
+ rdtscll(curr_tsc);
local_irq_enable();
#if 0