[PATCH v7 27/36] KVM: x86: Remove pvclock_gtod_data and private timekeeping code

David Woodhouse <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:40:07 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.xen.devel,gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel,gmane.linux.documentation,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: David Woodhouse <[email protected]>

Remove the now-unused KVM-private timekeeping infrastructure:

 - struct pvclock_clock and struct pvclock_gtod_data
 - update_pvclock_gtod() and its seqcount-protected state copy
 - read_tsc() (KVM's private TSC reader with cycle_last clamping)
 - vgettsc() (KVM's private clocksource interpolation)
 - do_kvmclock_base(), do_monotonic(), do_realtime()

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <[email protected]>
Assisted-by: Kiro:claude-opus-4.6-1m
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 178 +--------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 177 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index ee992c073b6d..e8e75e47fc33 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -878,58 +878,6 @@ static inline bool kvm_vcpu_exit_request(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	       kvm_request_pending(vcpu) || xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending();
 }
 
-struct pvclock_clock {
-	int vclock_mode;
-	u64 cycle_last;
-	u64 mask;
-	u32 mult;
-	u32 shift;
-	u64 base_cycles;
-	u64 offset;
-};
-
-struct pvclock_gtod_data {
-	seqcount_t	seq;
-
-	struct pvclock_clock clock; /* extract of a clocksource struct */
-	struct pvclock_clock raw_clock; /* extract of a clocksource struct */
-
-	ktime_t		offs_boot;
-	u64		wall_time_sec;
-};
-
-static struct pvclock_gtod_data pvclock_gtod_data;
-
-static void update_pvclock_gtod(struct timekeeper *tk)
-{
-	struct pvclock_gtod_data *vdata = &pvclock_gtod_data;
-
-	write_seqcount_begin(&vdata->seq);
-
-	/* copy pvclock gtod data */
-	vdata->clock.vclock_mode	= tk->tkr_mono.clock->vdso_clock_mode;
-	vdata->clock.cycle_last		= tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last;
-	vdata->clock.mask		= tk->tkr_mono.mask;
-	vdata->clock.mult		= tk->tkr_mono.mult;
-	vdata->clock.shift		= tk->tkr_mono.shift;
-	vdata->clock.base_cycles	= tk->tkr_mono.xtime_nsec;
-	vdata->clock.offset		= tk->tkr_mono.base;
-
-	vdata->raw_clock.vclock_mode	= tk->tkr_raw.clock->vdso_clock_mode;
-	vdata->raw_clock.cycle_last	= tk->tkr_raw.cycle_last;
-	vdata->raw_clock.mask		= tk->tkr_raw.mask;
-	vdata->raw_clock.mult		= tk->tkr_raw.mult;
-	vdata->raw_clock.shift		= tk->tkr_raw.shift;
-	vdata->raw_clock.base_cycles	= tk->tkr_raw.xtime_nsec;
-	vdata->raw_clock.offset		= tk->tkr_raw.base;
-
-	vdata->wall_time_sec            = tk->xtime_sec;
-
-	vdata->offs_boot		= tk->offs_boot;
-
-	write_seqcount_end(&vdata->seq);
-}
-
 static s64 get_kvmclock_base_ns(void)
 {
 	/* Count up from boot time, but with the frequency of the raw clock.  */
@@ -1472,128 +1420,6 @@ void kvm_synchronize_tsc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *user_value)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 
-static u64 read_tsc(void)
-{
-	u64 ret = (u64)rdtsc_ordered();
-	u64 last = pvclock_gtod_data.clock.cycle_last;
-
-	if (likely(ret >= last))
-		return ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * GCC likes to generate cmov here, but this branch is extremely
-	 * predictable (it's just a function of time and the likely is
-	 * very likely) and there's a data dependence, so force GCC
-	 * to generate a branch instead.  I don't barrier() because
-	 * we don't actually need a barrier, and if this function
-	 * ever gets inlined it will generate worse code.
-	 */
-	asm volatile ("");
-	return last;
-}
-
-static inline u64 vgettsc(struct pvclock_clock *clock, u64 *tsc_timestamp,
-			  int *mode)
-{
-	u64 tsc_pg_val;
-	long v;
-
-	switch (clock->vclock_mode) {
-	case VDSO_CLOCKMODE_HVCLOCK:
-		if (hv_read_tsc_page_tsc(hv_get_tsc_page(),
-					 tsc_timestamp, &tsc_pg_val)) {
-			/* TSC page valid */
-			*mode = VDSO_CLOCKMODE_HVCLOCK;
-			v = (tsc_pg_val - clock->cycle_last) &
-				clock->mask;
-		} else {
-			/* TSC page invalid */
-			*mode = VDSO_CLOCKMODE_NONE;
-		}
-		break;
-	case VDSO_CLOCKMODE_TSC:
-		*mode = VDSO_CLOCKMODE_TSC;
-		*tsc_timestamp = read_tsc();
-		v = (*tsc_timestamp - clock->cycle_last) &
-			clock->mask;
-		break;
-	default:
-		*mode = VDSO_CLOCKMODE_NONE;
-	}
-
-	if (*mode == VDSO_CLOCKMODE_NONE)
-		*tsc_timestamp = v = 0;
-
-	return v * clock->mult;
-}
-
-/*
- * As with get_kvmclock_base_ns(), this counts from boot time, at the
- * frequency of CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW (hence adding gtos->offs_boot).
- */
-static int do_kvmclock_base(s64 *t, u64 *tsc_timestamp)
-{
-	struct pvclock_gtod_data *gtod = &pvclock_gtod_data;
-	unsigned long seq;
-	int mode;
-	u64 ns;
-
-	do {
-		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&gtod->seq);
-		ns = gtod->raw_clock.base_cycles;
-		ns += vgettsc(&gtod->raw_clock, tsc_timestamp, &mode);
-		ns >>= gtod->raw_clock.shift;
-		ns += ktime_to_ns(ktime_add(gtod->raw_clock.offset, gtod->offs_boot));
-	} while (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&gtod->seq, seq)));
-	*t = ns;
-
-	return mode;
-}
-
-/*
- * This calculates CLOCK_MONOTONIC at the time of the TSC snapshot, with
- * no boot time offset.
- */
-static int do_monotonic(s64 *t, u64 *tsc_timestamp)
-{
-	struct pvclock_gtod_data *gtod = &pvclock_gtod_data;
-	unsigned long seq;
-	int mode;
-	u64 ns;
-
-	do {
-		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&gtod->seq);
-		ns = gtod->clock.base_cycles;
-		ns += vgettsc(&gtod->clock, tsc_timestamp, &mode);
-		ns >>= gtod->clock.shift;
-		ns += ktime_to_ns(gtod->clock.offset);
-	} while (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&gtod->seq, seq)));
-	*t = ns;
-
-	return mode;
-}
-
-static int do_realtime(struct timespec64 *ts, u64 *tsc_timestamp)
-{
-	struct pvclock_gtod_data *gtod = &pvclock_gtod_data;
-	unsigned long seq;
-	int mode;
-	u64 ns;
-
-	do {
-		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&gtod->seq);
-		ts->tv_sec = gtod->wall_time_sec;
-		ns = gtod->clock.base_cycles;
-		ns += vgettsc(&gtod->clock, tsc_timestamp, &mode);
-		ns >>= gtod->clock.shift;
-	} while (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&gtod->seq, seq)));
-
-	ts->tv_sec += __iter_div_u64_rem(ns, NSEC_PER_SEC, &ns);
-	ts->tv_nsec = ns;
-
-	return mode;
-}
-
 /*
  * Calculates the kvmclock_base_ns (CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW + boot time) and
  * reports the TSC value from which it do so. Returns true if host is
@@ -7070,11 +6896,9 @@ static DEFINE_IRQ_WORK(pvclock_irq_work, pvclock_irq_work_fn);
 static int pvclock_gtod_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long unused,
 			       void *priv)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	struct timekeeper *tk = priv;
 
-	update_pvclock_gtod(tk);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	kvm_host_vclock_mode =
 		tk->tkr_mono.clock->vdso_clock_mode;
 
-- 
2.55.0