[PATCH v8 07/17] KVM: x86: Move "no master clock" fallback from __get_kvmclock() to get_kvmclock()

From: Sean Christopherson

Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 19:42:31 EST


Move the fallback logic for getting the current kvmclock when not in master
clock mode out of __get_kvmclock() and into its sole caller, get_kvmclock().
This will allow use early-return logic in the master clock code, without
having to resort to a do-while() loop and/or gotos.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0c0bf4c14bc5..8666bd0337b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1651,12 +1651,16 @@ static unsigned long get_cpu_tsc_khz(void)
}

/* Called within read_seqcount_begin/retry for kvm->pvclock_sc. */
-static void __get_kvmclock(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_clock_data *data)
+static bool __get_kvmclock_master_clock(struct kvm *kvm,
+ struct kvm_clock_data *data)
{
struct kvm_arch *ka = &kvm->arch;
struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info hv_clock;
u64 tsc_hz;

+ if (!ka->use_master_clock)
+ return false;
+
/*
* Snapshot and validate the TSC frequency as kvmclock_cpu_down_prep()
* zeros the per-CPU value when a CPU is going offline.
@@ -1665,8 +1669,10 @@ static void __get_kvmclock(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_clock_data *data)
tsc_hz = (u64)get_cpu_tsc_khz() * HZ_PER_KHZ;
put_cpu();

- data->flags = 0;
- if (ka->use_master_clock && tsc_hz) {
+ if (!tsc_hz)
+ return false;
+
+ {
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
struct timespec64 ts;

@@ -1684,8 +1690,6 @@ static void __get_kvmclock(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_clock_data *data)
&hv_clock.tsc_shift,
&hv_clock.tsc_to_system_mul);
data->clock = __pvclock_read_cycles(&hv_clock, data->host_tsc);
- } else {
- data->clock = get_kvmclock_base_ns() + ka->kvmclock_offset;
}
}

@@ -1695,8 +1699,11 @@ static void get_kvmclock(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_clock_data *data)
unsigned seq;

do {
+ data->flags = 0;
+
seq = read_seqcount_begin(&ka->pvclock_sc);
- __get_kvmclock(kvm, data);
+ if (!__get_kvmclock_master_clock(kvm, data))
+ data->clock = get_kvmclock_base_ns() + ka->kvmclock_offset;
} while (read_seqcount_retry(&ka->pvclock_sc, seq));
}

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