[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 3/3] x86/vlapic: Apply change to TDCR right away to the timer

[Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The description in the Intel SDM of how the divide configuration
register is used: "The APIC timer frequency will be the processor's bus
clock or core crystal clock frequency divided by the value specified in
the divide configuration register."

Observation of baremetal shown that when the TDCR is change, the TMCCT
does not change or make a big jump in value, but the rate at which it
count down change.

The patch update the emulation to APIC timer to so that a change to the
divide configuration would be reflected in the value of the counter and
when the next interrupt is triggered.

Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/vlapic.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vlapic.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vlapic.c
index 71a6010ee4..62d171061f 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vlapic.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vlapic.c
@@ -671,12 +671,13 @@ static void vlapic_tdt_pt_cb(struct vcpu *v, void *data)
 
 /*
  * This function is used when a register related to the APIC timer is updated.
- * It expect the new value for the register TMICT to be set *before*
- * been called.
+ * It expect the new value for the register TMICT and TDCR to be set *before*
+ * been called, and the previous value of TDCR to be passed as parametter.
  * It expect the new value of LVTT to be set *after* been called, with this new
  * values passed as parameter (only APIC_TIMER_MODE_MASK bits matter).
  */
-static void vlapic_update_timer(struct vlapic *vlapic, uint32_t lvtt);
+static void vlapic_update_timer(struct vlapic *vlapic, uint32_t lvtt,
+                                uint32_t old_divisor)
 {
     uint64_t period;
     uint64_t delta = 0;
@@ -686,7 +687,7 @@ static void vlapic_update_timer(struct vlapic *vlapic, 
uint32_t lvtt);
     is_oneshot = (lvtt & APIC_TIMER_MODE_MASK) == APIC_TIMER_MODE_ONESHOT;
 
     period = (uint64_t)vlapic_get_reg(vlapic, APIC_TMICT)
-        * APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS * vlapic->hw.timer_divisor;
+        * APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS * old_divisor;
 
     /* Calculate the next time the timer should trigger an interrupt. */
     if ( period && vlapic->timer_last_update )
@@ -701,6 +702,13 @@ static void vlapic_update_timer(struct vlapic *vlapic, 
uint32_t lvtt);
             delta = period - time_passed;
     }
 
+    if ( vlapic->hw.timer_divisor != old_divisor )
+    {
+        period = (uint64_t)vlapic_get_reg(vlapic, APIC_TMICT)
+            * APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS * vlapic->hw.timer_divisor;
+        delta = delta * vlapic->hw.timer_divisor / old_divisor;
+    }
+
     if ( delta && (is_oneshot || is_periodic) )
     {
         TRACE_2_LONG_3D(TRC_HVM_EMUL_LAPIC_START_TIMER, TRC_PAR_LONG(delta),
@@ -813,7 +821,7 @@ static void vlapic_reg_write(struct vcpu *v,
         }
         vlapic->pt.irq = val & APIC_VECTOR_MASK;
 
-        vlapic_update_timer(vlapic, val);
+        vlapic_update_timer(vlapic, val, vlapic->hw.timer_divisor);
 
         /* fallthrough */
     case APIC_LVTTHMR:      /* LVT Thermal Monitor */
@@ -843,15 +851,24 @@ static void vlapic_reg_write(struct vcpu *v,
         vlapic->timer_last_update = hvm_get_guest_time(current);
         vlapic_set_reg(vlapic, APIC_TMICT, val);
 
-        vlapic_update_timer(vlapic, vlapic_get_reg(vlapic, APIC_LVTT));
+        vlapic_update_timer(vlapic, vlapic_get_reg(vlapic, APIC_LVTT),
+                            vlapic->hw.timer_divisor);
         break;
 
     case APIC_TDCR:
+    {
+        uint32_t current_divisor;
+
+        current_divisor = vlapic->hw.timer_divisor;
         vlapic_set_tdcr(vlapic, val & 0xb);
+
+        vlapic_update_timer(vlapic, vlapic_get_reg(vlapic, APIC_LVTT),
+                            current_divisor);
         HVM_DBG_LOG(DBG_LEVEL_VLAPIC_TIMER, "timer divisor is %#x",
                     vlapic->hw.timer_divisor);
         break;
     }
+    }
 }
 
 static int vlapic_write(struct vcpu *v, unsigned long address,
-- 
Anthony PERARD


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