[Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/5] x86/xen: sync the CMOS RTC as well as the Xen wallclock

[David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>

Adjustments to Xen's persistent clock via update_persistent_clock()
don't actually persist, as the Xen wallclock is a software only clock
and modifications to it do not modify the underlying CMOS RTC.

The x86_platform.set_wallclock hook can be used to keep the hardware
RTC synchronized (as on bare metal).  Because the Xen wallclock is now
kept synchronized by pvclock_gtod notifier, xen_set_wallclock() need
not do this and dom0 can simply use the native implementation.

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/xen/time.c |   32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/time.c b/arch/x86/xen/time.c
index 3364850..20e395a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/time.c
@@ -199,37 +199,35 @@ static void xen_get_wallclock(struct timespec *now)
 
 static int xen_set_wallclock(const struct timespec *now)
 {
-       struct xen_platform_op op;
-
-       /* do nothing for domU */
-       if (!xen_initial_domain())
-               return -1;
-
-       op.cmd = XENPF_settime;
-       op.u.settime.secs = now->tv_sec;
-       op.u.settime.nsecs = now->tv_nsec;
-       op.u.settime.system_time = xen_clocksource_read();
-
-       return HYPERVISOR_dom0_op(&op);
+       return -1;
 }
 
 static int xen_pvclock_gtod_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long 
was_set,
                                   void *priv)
 {
+       static struct timespec next;
        struct timespec now;
        struct xen_platform_op op;
 
-       if (!was_set)
-               return NOTIFY_OK;
-
        now = __current_kernel_time();
 
+       if (!was_set && timespec_compare(&now, &next) < 0)
+               return NOTIFY_OK;
+
        op.cmd = XENPF_settime;
        op.u.settime.secs = now.tv_sec;
        op.u.settime.nsecs = now.tv_nsec;
        op.u.settime.system_time = xen_clocksource_read();
 
        (void)HYPERVISOR_dom0_op(&op);
+
+       /*
+        * Don't update the wallclock for another 11 minutes. This is
+        * the same period as the sync_cmos_clock() work.
+        */
+       next = now;
+       next.tv_sec += 11*60;
+
        return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
@@ -513,7 +511,9 @@ void __init xen_init_time_ops(void)
 
        x86_platform.calibrate_tsc = xen_tsc_khz;
        x86_platform.get_wallclock = xen_get_wallclock;
-       x86_platform.set_wallclock = xen_set_wallclock;
+       /* Dom0 uses the native method to set the hardware RTC. */
+       if (!xen_initial_domain())
+               x86_platform.set_wallclock = xen_set_wallclock;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM
-- 
1.7.2.5


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