KVM: x86: introduce get_kvmclock_ns
authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Thu, 1 Sep 2016 12:21:03 +0000 (14:21 +0200)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:26:15 +0000 (09:26 +0200)
commit108b249c453dd7132599ab6dc7e435a7036c193f
treeeb600c0558d7032bc1b0c62066f74ac109bd4fd7
parent67198ac3f37ffb150f1c95fae16b597339eabc9d
KVM: x86: introduce get_kvmclock_ns

Introduce a function that reads the exact nanoseconds value that is
provided to the guest in kvmclock.  This crystallizes the notion of
kvmclock as a thin veneer over a stable TSC, that the guest will
(hopefully) convert with NTP.  In other words, kvmclock is *not* a
paravirtualized host-to-guest NTP.

Drop the get_kernel_ns() function, that was used both to get the base
value of the master clock and to get the current value of kvmclock.
The former use is replaced by ktime_get_boot_ns(), the latter is
the purpose of get_kernel_ns().

This also allows KVM to provide a Hyper-V time reference counter that
is synchronized with the time that is computed from the TSC page.

Reviewed-by: Roman Kagan <rkagan@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
arch/x86/kernel/pvclock.c
arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
arch/x86/kvm/x86.h