x86/time: adjust local system time initialization

Commit Message

Jan Beulich June 10, 2016, 3:13 p.m. UTC

Using the bare return value from read_platform_stime() is not suitable
when local_time_calibration() is going to use its fat path: Divergence
of several dozen microseconds between NOW() return values on different
CPUs results when platform and local time don't stay in close sync.

Latch local and platform time on the CPU initiating AP bringup, such
that the AP can use these values to seed its stime_local_stamp with as
little of an error as possible. The boot CPU, otoh, can simply
calculate the correct initial value (other CPUs could do so too with
even greater accuracy than the approach being introduced, but that can
work only if all CPUs' TSCs start ticking at the same time, which
generally can't be assumed to be the case on multi-socket systems).

This slightly defers init_percpu_time() (moved ahead by commit
dd2658f966 ["x86/time: initialise time earlier during
start_secondary()"]) in order to reduce as much as possible the gap
between populating the stamps and consuming them.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[e-mail]>
x86/time: adjust local system time initialization

Using the bare return value from read_platform_stime() is not suitable
when local_time_calibration() is going to use its fat path: Divergence
of several dozen microseconds between NOW() return values on different
CPUs results when platform and local time don't stay in close sync.

Latch local and platform time on the CPU initiating AP bringup, such
that the AP can use these values to seed its stime_local_stamp with as
little of an error as possible. The boot CPU, otoh, can simply
calculate the correct initial value (other CPUs could do so too with
even greater accuracy than the approach being introduced, but that can
work only if all CPUs' TSCs start ticking at the same time, which
generally can't be assumed to be the case on multi-socket systems).

This slightly defers init_percpu_time() (moved ahead by commit
dd2658f966 ["x86/time: initialise time earlier during
start_secondary()"]) in order to reduce as much as possible the gap
between populating the stamps and consuming them.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[e-mail]>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/smpboot.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/smpboot.c
@@ -328,12 +328,12 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused)
 
     percpu_traps_init();
 
-    init_percpu_time();
-
     cpu_init();
 
     smp_callin();
 
+    init_percpu_time();
+
     setup_secondary_APIC_clock();
 
     /*
@@ -996,6 +996,8 @@ int __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
     if ( (ret = do_boot_cpu(apicid, cpu)) != 0 )
         return ret;
 
+    time_latch_stamps();
+
     set_cpu_state(CPU_STATE_ONLINE);
     while ( !cpu_online(cpu) )
     {
--- a/xen/arch/x86/time.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/time.c
@@ -1328,21 +1328,51 @@ static void time_calibration(void *unuse
                      &r, 1);
 }
 
+static struct {
+    s_time_t local_stime, master_stime;
+} ap_bringup_ref;
+
+void time_latch_stamps(void) {
+    unsigned long flags;
+    u64 tsc;
+
+    local_irq_save(flags);
+    ap_bringup_ref.master_stime = read_platform_stime();
+    tsc = rdtsc();
+    local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+    ap_bringup_ref.local_stime = get_s_time_fixed(tsc);
+}
+
 void init_percpu_time(void)
 {
     struct cpu_time *t = &this_cpu(cpu_time);
     unsigned long flags;
+    u64 tsc;
     s_time_t now;
 
     /* Initial estimate for TSC rate. */
     t->tsc_scale = per_cpu(cpu_time, 0).tsc_scale;
 
     local_irq_save(flags);
-    t->local_tsc_stamp = rdtsc();
     now = read_platform_stime();
+    tsc = rdtsc();
     local_irq_restore(flags);
 
     t->stime_master_stamp = now;
+    /*
+     * To avoid a discontinuity (TSC and platform clock can't be expected
+     * to be in perfect sync), initialization here needs to match up with
+     * local_time_calibration()'s decision whether to use its fast path.
+     */
+    if ( boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC) )
+    {
+        if ( system_state < SYS_STATE_smp_boot )
+            now = get_s_time_fixed(tsc);
+        else
+            now += ap_bringup_ref.local_stime - ap_bringup_ref.master_stime;
+    }
+    t->local_tsc_stamp    = tsc;
     t->stime_local_stamp  = now;
 }
 
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/time.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/time.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int time_suspend(void);
 int time_resume(void);
 
 void init_percpu_time(void);
+void time_latch_stamps(void);
 
 struct ioreq;
 int hwdom_pit_access(struct ioreq *ioreq);

Comments

Alan Robinson June 13, 2016, 6:32 a.m. UTC | #1

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 09:13:14AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote:
> From: Jan Beulich <[e-mail]>
> Using the bare return value from read_platform_stime() is not suitable
> when local_time_calibration() is going to use its fat path: Divergence

s/fat/fast/

although 'fat path' does have a certain ring to it...

Alan

Patch

--- a/xen/arch/x86/smpboot.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/smpboot.c
@@ -328,12 +328,12 @@  void start_secondary(void *unused)
 
     percpu_traps_init();
 
-    init_percpu_time();
-
     cpu_init();
 
     smp_callin();
 
+    init_percpu_time();
+
     setup_secondary_APIC_clock();
 
     /*
@@ -996,6 +996,8 @@  int __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
     if ( (ret = do_boot_cpu(apicid, cpu)) != 0 )
         return ret;
 
+    time_latch_stamps();
+
     set_cpu_state(CPU_STATE_ONLINE);
     while ( !cpu_online(cpu) )
     {
--- a/xen/arch/x86/time.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/time.c
@@ -1328,21 +1328,51 @@  static void time_calibration(void *unuse
                      &r, 1);
 }
 
+static struct {
+    s_time_t local_stime, master_stime;
+} ap_bringup_ref;
+
+void time_latch_stamps(void) {
+    unsigned long flags;
+    u64 tsc;
+
+    local_irq_save(flags);
+    ap_bringup_ref.master_stime = read_platform_stime();
+    tsc = rdtsc();
+    local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+    ap_bringup_ref.local_stime = get_s_time_fixed(tsc);
+}
+
 void init_percpu_time(void)
 {
     struct cpu_time *t = &this_cpu(cpu_time);
     unsigned long flags;
+    u64 tsc;
     s_time_t now;
 
     /* Initial estimate for TSC rate. */
     t->tsc_scale = per_cpu(cpu_time, 0).tsc_scale;
 
     local_irq_save(flags);
-    t->local_tsc_stamp = rdtsc();
     now = read_platform_stime();
+    tsc = rdtsc();
     local_irq_restore(flags);
 
     t->stime_master_stamp = now;
+    /*
+     * To avoid a discontinuity (TSC and platform clock can't be expected
+     * to be in perfect sync), initialization here needs to match up with
+     * local_time_calibration()'s decision whether to use its fast path.
+     */
+    if ( boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC) )
+    {
+        if ( system_state < SYS_STATE_smp_boot )
+            now = get_s_time_fixed(tsc);
+        else
+            now += ap_bringup_ref.local_stime - ap_bringup_ref.master_stime;
+    }
+    t->local_tsc_stamp    = tsc;
     t->stime_local_stamp  = now;
 }
 
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/time.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/time.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@  int time_suspend(void);
 int time_resume(void);
 
 void init_percpu_time(void);
+void time_latch_stamps(void);
 
 struct ioreq;
 int hwdom_pit_access(struct ioreq *ioreq);