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Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug)

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug)
Date 2017-02-27 23:50 +0100
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On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 01:50:29PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 27/02/2017 13:43, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 08:30:11PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > 
> >>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> >>> index 2a5cafd..542710b 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> >>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> >>> @@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ static inline void kvm_sched_clock_init(bool stable)
> >>>  {
> >>>         if (!stable) {
> >>>                 pv_time_ops.sched_clock = kvm_clock_read;
> >>> +               clear_sched_clock_stable();
> >>>                 return;
> >>>         }
> >>>
> >>>         kvm_sched_clock_offset = kvm_clock_read();
> >>>         pv_time_ops.sched_clock = kvm_sched_clock_read;
> >>> -       set_sched_clock_stable();
> >>
> >> This results in sched clock always unstable for kvm guest since there
> >> is no invariant tsc cpuid bit exposed for kvm guest currently. 
> > 
> > What the heck is KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT /
> > PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT about then?
> 
> It checks that all the bugs in the host have been ironed out, and that
> the host itself supports invtsc.

But what does it mean if that is not so? That is, will kvm_clock_read()
still be stable even if !stable?

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Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-02-27 13:40 +0100
  Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-27 13:50 +0100
    Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-02-27 14:00 +0100
      Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-02-27 16:40 +0100
        Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-02-27 17:30 +0100
          Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-27 17:40 +0100
            Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-02-27 18:30 +0100
              Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-02-27 19:10 +0100
                Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-02-27 20:10 +0100
                Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-28 00:00 +0100
          Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-02-28 03:00 +0100
            Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-28 09:10 +0100
              Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-02-28 09:20 +0100
        Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-27 17:50 +0100
      Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-27 23:50 +0100
    Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-02-27 15:00 +0100
      Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-27 15:50 +0100
  Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug) Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-02-27 16:10 +0100

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