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[Xen-changelog] [xen stable-4.11] x86/time: report correct frequency of Xen PV clocksource



commit 98cf186a3eb07f19d8178ab309185b1376a18225
Author:     Igor Druzhinin <igor.druzhinin@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu Mar 5 11:37:01 2020 +0100
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu Mar 5 11:37:01 2020 +0100

    x86/time: report correct frequency of Xen PV clocksource
    
    The value of the counter represents the number of nanoseconds
    since host boot. That means the correct frequency is always 1GHz.
    
    This inconsistency caused time to go slower in PV shim on most
    platforms.
    
    Signed-off-by: Igor Druzhinin <igor.druzhinin@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
    master commit: c52bd545de461127f3ca67c48e8fef7145402035
    master date: 2020-02-14 18:01:52 +0000
---
 xen/arch/x86/time.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/time.c b/xen/arch/x86/time.c
index fd4c8bc4f0..44d3b75830 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/time.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/time.c
@@ -584,9 +584,7 @@ static int64_t __init init_xen_timer(struct 
platform_timesource *pts)
     if ( !xen_guest )
         return 0;
 
-    pts->frequency = xen_timer_cpu_frequency();
-
-    return pts->frequency;
+    return xen_timer_cpu_frequency();
 }
 
 static always_inline uint64_t read_cycle(const struct vcpu_time_info *info,
@@ -640,6 +638,7 @@ static struct platform_timesource __initdata plt_xen_timer =
 {
     .id = "xen",
     .name = "XEN PV CLOCK",
+    .frequency = 1000000000ULL,
     .read_counter = read_xen_timer,
     .init = init_xen_timer,
     .resume = resume_xen_timer,
--
generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#stable-4.11

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