Re: [PATCH] x86/kvmclock: Stop kvmclocks for hibernate restore

From: Lenny Szubowicz
Date: Fri Mar 26 2021 - 13:15:09 EST


On 3/26/21 9:01 AM, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

..

(this is with your v2 included). There's nothing about CPU0 for
e.g. async PF + timestamps are really interesting. Seems we have issues
to fix) I'm playing with it right now.

What if we do the following (instead of your patch):

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 78bb0fae3982..c32392d6329d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <linux/nmi.h>
#include <linux/swait.h>
+#include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
#include <asm/timer.h>
#include <asm/cpu.h>
#include <asm/traps.h>
@@ -598,17 +599,21 @@ static void kvm_guest_cpu_offline(void)
static int kvm_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
{
- local_irq_disable();
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
kvm_guest_cpu_init();
- local_irq_enable();
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
return 0;
}
static int kvm_cpu_down_prepare(unsigned int cpu)
{
- local_irq_disable();
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
kvm_guest_cpu_offline();
- local_irq_enable();
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
return 0;
}
#endif
@@ -639,6 +644,23 @@ static void kvm_flush_tlb_others(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
native_flush_tlb_others(flushmask, info);
}
+static int kvm_suspend(void)
+{
+ kvm_guest_cpu_offline();
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void kvm_resume(void)
+{
+ kvm_cpu_online(raw_smp_processor_id());
+}
+
+static struct syscore_ops kvm_syscore_ops = {
+ .suspend = kvm_suspend,
+ .resume = kvm_resume,
+};
+
static void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
{
int i;
@@ -681,6 +703,8 @@ static void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
kvm_guest_cpu_init();
#endif
+ register_syscore_ops(&kvm_syscore_ops);
+
/*
* Hard lockup detection is enabled by default. Disable it, as guests
* can get false positives too easily, for example if the host is


Yes, I do like using register_syscore_ops for this. I will base my V3 on this. -Lenny.