Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] KVM: x86/hyperv: Calculate APIC bus frequency for hyper-v

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Thu Dec 21 2023 - 12:39:17 EST


On Tue, 2023-12-19 at 00:34 -0800, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> Remove APIC_BUS_FREUQNCY

> and calculate it based on APIC bus cycles per NS.
> APIC_BUS_FREUQNCY is used only for HV_X64_MSR_APIC_FREQUENCY. The MSR is
> not frequently read, calculate it every time.
>
> In order to make APIC bus frequency configurable, we need to make make two
> related constants into variables. APIC_BUS_FREUQNCY and APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS.
> One can be calculated from the other.

APIC_BUS_FREUQNCY is a typo.

> APIC_BUS_CYCLES_NS = 1000 * 1000 * 1000 / APIC_BUS_FREQUENCY.
> By removing APIC_BUS_FREQUENCY, we need to track only single variable
> instead of two.
>
> Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes v3:
> - Newly added according to Maxim Levistsky suggestion.
Typo: Maxim Levitsky

> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h | 1 -
> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
> index 238afd7335e4..a40ca2fef58c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
> @@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ static int kvm_hv_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 *pdata,
> data = (u64)vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_khz * 1000;
> break;
> case HV_X64_MSR_APIC_FREQUENCY:
> - data = APIC_BUS_FREQUENCY;
> + data = div64_u64(1000000000ULL, APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS);
> break;
> default:
> kvm_pr_unimpl_rdmsr(vcpu, msr);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
> index 0a0ea4b5dd8c..a20cb006b6c8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
> @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
> #define APIC_DEST_MASK 0x800
>
> #define APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS 1
> -#define APIC_BUS_FREQUENCY (1000000000ULL / APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS)
>
> #define APIC_BROADCAST 0xFF
> #define X2APIC_BROADCAST 0xFFFFFFFFul


Other than typos:

Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@xxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky