Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH V2 1/1] kvm/vmx: Add a tracepoint write_tsc_offset | From | Yoshihiro YUNOMAE <> | Date | Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:36:19 +0900 |
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Add a tracepoint write_tsc_offset for tracing TSC offset change. We want to merge ftrace's trace data of guest OSs and the host OS using TSC for timestamp in chronological order. We need "TSC offset" values for each guest when merge those because the TSC value on a guest is always the host TSC plus guest's TSC offset. If we get the TSC offset values, we can calculate the host TSC value for each guest events from the TSC offset and the event TSC value. The host TSC values of the guest events are used when we want to merge trace data of guests and the host in chronological order. (Note: the trace_clock of both the host and the guest must be set x86-tsc in this case)
TSC offset is stored in the VMCS by vmx_write_tsc_offset() or vmx_adjust_tsc_offset(). KVM executes the former function when a guest boots. The latter function is executed when kvm clock is updated. Only host can read TSC offset value from VMCS, so a host needs to output TSC offset value when TSC offset is changed.
Since the TSC offset is not often changed, it could be overwritten by other frequent events while tracing. To avoid that, I recommend to use a special instance for getting this event:
1. set a instance before booting a guest # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances # mkdir tsc_offset # cd tsc_offset # echo x86-tsc > trace_clock # echo 1 > events/kvm/kvm_write_tsc_offset/enable
2. boot a guest
Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro YUNOMAE <yoshihiro.yunomae.ez@hitachi.com> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> --- arch/x86/kvm/trace.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 3 +++ arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 + 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h index fe5e00e..9c22e39 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h @@ -815,6 +815,24 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kvm_track_tsc, __print_symbolic(__entry->host_clock, host_clocks)) ); +TRACE_EVENT(kvm_write_tsc_offset, + TP_PROTO(__u64 previous_tsc_offset, __u64 next_tsc_offset), + TP_ARGS(previous_tsc_offset, next_tsc_offset), + + TP_STRUCT__entry( + __field( __u64, previous_tsc_offset ) + __field( __u64, next_tsc_offset ) + ), + + TP_fast_assign( + __entry->previous_tsc_offset = previous_tsc_offset; + __entry->next_tsc_offset = next_tsc_offset; + ), + + TP_printk("previous=%llu next=%llu", + __entry->previous_tsc_offset, __entry->next_tsc_offset) +); + #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */ #endif /* _TRACE_KVM_H */ diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c index 25a791e..00f7dde 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c @@ -2096,6 +2096,7 @@ static void vmx_write_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 offset) (nested_cpu_has(vmcs12, CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETING) ? vmcs12->tsc_offset : 0)); } else { + trace_kvm_write_tsc_offset(vmcs_read64(TSC_OFFSET), offset); vmcs_write64(TSC_OFFSET, offset); } } @@ -2103,6 +2104,8 @@ static void vmx_write_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 offset) static void vmx_adjust_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, s64 adjustment, bool host) { u64 offset = vmcs_read64(TSC_OFFSET); + + trace_kvm_write_tsc_offset(offset, offset + adjustment); vmcs_write64(TSC_OFFSET, offset + adjustment); if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) { /* Even when running L2, the adjustment needs to apply to L1 */ diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index 05a8b1a..c942a0c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -7264,3 +7264,4 @@ EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_nested_intr_vmexit); EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_invlpga); EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_skinit); EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_nested_intercepts); +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_write_tsc_offset);
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