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...dicates the time source is unreliable and we > + * need to use something else. The currently published specification > + * versions (up to 4.0b) contain a mistake and wrongly claim '-1' > + * instead of '0' as the special value, see commit c35b82ef0294. > + * - ReferenceTime = > + * ((RDTSC() * ReferenceTscScale) >> 64) + ReferenceTscOffset > + * - READ ReferenceTscSequence again. In case its value has changed > + * since our first reading we need to discard ReferenceTime and repeat > + * the whole sequence as the hypervisor was updati...

...dicates the time source is unreliable and we > + * need to use something else. The currently published specification > + * versions (up to 4.0b) contain a mistake and wrongly claim '-1' > + * instead of '0' as the special value, see commit c35b82ef0294. > + * - ReferenceTime = > + * ((RDTSC() * ReferenceTscScale) >> 64) + ReferenceTscOffset > + * - READ ReferenceTscSequence again. In case its value has changed > + * since our first reading we need to discard ReferenceTime and repeat > + * the whole sequence as the hypervisor was updati...

Hi, merge window is about to close so I hope it's OK to make another try here. Changes since v2: - Add explicit READ_ONCE() to not rely on 'volatile' [Andy Lutomirski] - rdtsc() -> rdtsc_ordered() [Andy Lutomirski] - virt_rmb() -> smp_rmb() [Thomas Gleixner, Andy Lutomirski] Thomas, Andy, it seems the only blocker for the series was the ambiguity with TSC page read algorithm.

Hi, merge window is about to close so I hope it's OK to make another try here. Changes since v2: - Add explicit READ_ONCE() to not rely on 'volatile' [Andy Lutomirski] - rdtsc() -> rdtsc_ordered() [Andy Lutomirski] - virt_rmb() -> smp_rmb() [Thomas Gleixner, Andy Lutomirski] Thomas, Andy, it seems the only blocker for the series was the ambiguity with TSC page read algorithm.

On Thu, 9 Feb 2017, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote: > +#ifdef CONFIG_HYPERV_TSCPAGE > +static notrace u64 vread_hvclock(int *mode) > +{ > + const struct ms_hyperv_tsc_page *tsc_pg = > + (const struct ms_hyperv_tsc_page *)&hvclock_page; > + u64 sequence, scale, offset, current_tick, cur_tsc; > + > + while (1) { > + sequence = READ_ONCE(tsc_pg->tsc_sequence); > + if

On Thu, 9 Feb 2017, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote: > +#ifdef CONFIG_HYPERV_TSCPAGE > +static notrace u64 vread_hvclock(int *mode) > +{ > + const struct ms_hyperv_tsc_page *tsc_pg = > + (const struct ms_hyperv_tsc_page *)&hvclock_page; > + u64 sequence, scale, offset, current_tick, cur_tsc; > + > + while (1) { > + sequence = READ_ONCE(tsc_pg->tsc_sequence); > + if

...tes the time source is unreliable and we + * need to use something else. The currently published specification + * versions (up to 4.0b) contain a mistake and wrongly claim '-1' + * instead of '0' as the special value, see commit c35b82ef0294. + * - ReferenceTime = + * ((RDTSC() * ReferenceTscScale) >> 64) + ReferenceTscOffset + * - READ ReferenceTscSequence again. In case its value has changed + * since our first reading we need to discard ReferenceTime and repeat + * the whole sequence as the hypervisor was up...

...'0' value indicates the time source is unreliable and we + * need to use something else. The currently published specification + * versions (up to 4.0b) contain a mistake and wrongly claim '-1' + * instead of '0' as the special value, see commit c35b82ef0294. + * - ReferenceTime = + * ((RDTSC() * ReferenceTscScale) >> 64) + ReferenceTscOffset + * - READ ReferenceTscSequence again. In case its value has changed + * since our first reading we need to discard ReferenceTime and repeat + * the whole sequence as the hypervisor was updating the page in + *...

Hi, while we're still waiting for a definitive ACK from Microsoft that the algorithm is good for SMP case (as we can't prevent the code in vdso from migrating between CPUs) I'd like to send v2 with some modifications to keep the discussion going. Changes since v1: - Document the TSC page reading protocol [Thomas Gleixner]. - Separate the TSC page reading code from

Hi, while we're still waiting for a definitive ACK from Microsoft that the algorithm is good for SMP case (as we can't prevent the code in vdso from migrating between CPUs) I'd like to send v2 with some modifications to keep the discussion going. Changes since v1: - Document the TSC page reading protocol [Thomas Gleixner]. - Separate the TSC page reading code from