Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: KVM: Reload one-shot TVAL on migration destination
Tao Cui <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:44:44 +0800
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.loongarch,org.kernel.vger.kvm,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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在 2026/7/15 14:21, Bibo Mao 写道: > > > On 2026/7/15 下午1:53, Tao Cui wrote: >> >> >> 在 2026/7/15 11:49, Bibo Mao 写道: >>> >>> >>> On 2026/7/15 上午11:28, Tao Cui wrote: >>>> From: Tao Cui <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> kvm_restore_timer() rebuilds the remaining timer countdown from >>>> vcpu->arch.expire, which is host-internal and is not part of the migrated >>>> vCPU state. On the migration destination it is still 0, so for a one-shot >>>> timer that has not expired yet the computed delta is 0 and >>>> write_gcsr_timertick(0) injects the timer interrupt immediately instead of >>>> after the remaining time. The guest observes a premature timer event right >>>> after migration. >>>> >>>> The expired one-shot case (TVAL = -1) is already handled earlier, so only >>>> the non-expired one-shot path is affected. When expire has not been set >>>> (i.e. on the destination), reload the remaining countdown from the >>>> migrated TVAL. The regular preempt/resume path on the source, where >>>> expire is valid, is unchanged. >>>> >>>> Fixes: a5857b9ff6e0 ("LoongArch: KVM: Implement vcpu timer operations") >>>> Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <[email protected]> >>>> --- >>>> arch/loongarch/kvm/timer.c | 8 ++++++++ >>>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kvm/timer.c b/arch/loongarch/kvm/timer.c >>>> index 3829f35a4070..57f53d19a00a 100644 >>>> --- a/arch/loongarch/kvm/timer.c >>>> +++ b/arch/loongarch/kvm/timer.c >>>> @@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ void kvm_restore_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) >>>> * during injecting intr async >>>> */ >>>> kvm_queue_irq(vcpu, INT_TI); >>>> + } else if (!expire) { >>>> + /* >>>> + * One-shot timer on the migration destination: vcpu->arch.expire >>>> + * is host-internal and is not migrated, so it is still 0 here. >>> Good catch, I ever noticed this issue before however without good method. My previous method is to recalculate vcpu->arch.expire in function _kvm_setcsr() when LOONGARCH_CSR_TVAL is set and value of vcpu->arch.expire is 0. >>> >> Thanks for the review and for sharing your idea. I also considered >> recalculating expire in _kvm_setcsr() when TVAL is restored, but ended >> up keeping the change within kvm_restore_timer() to avoid touching the >> core CSR write path. Both approaches are functionally equivalent since >> the first save_timer() after restore will set expire correctly either >> way. >> >> That said, if you prefer the _kvm_setcsr() approach, I'm happy to > The problem in _kvm_setcsr() is that there is only register LOONGARCH_CSR_TVAL however no context of LOONGARCH_CSR_TCFG register, it seems that it is better in to restore it in kvm_restore_timer() function where all registers about CPU timer are set. > > How about something like this, it should work with period timer mode when migration. > @@ -119,6 +119,17 @@ void kvm_restore_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) > delta = 0; > now = ktime_get(); > expire = vcpu->arch.expire; > + if (!expire) { > + /* > + * The field vcpu->arch.expire is host-internal and is not > + * migrated, so it is 0 after migration. Reload the > + * remaining countdown from the migrated TVAL. > + */ > + if (ticks < cfg) > + delta = tick_to_ns(vcpu, ticks); > + expire = ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), delta); > + } > + Thank you for the suggestion. I agree that kvm_restore_timer() is the right place since all timer registers (TCFG/TVAL) are available there. I've updated the patch to compute expire from the migrated TVAL before the normal path, which also fixes the period timer case during migration. Suggested-by added. Will send v2 shortly. Thanks, Tao >> rework the patch accordingly. > ok, that is fine. Thanks for catching this issue. > > Regards > Bibo Mao >> >> Thanks, >> Tao >>> Regards >>> Bibo Mao >>>> + * Reload the remaining countdown from the migrated TVAL instead >>>> + * of firing the timer immediately. >>>> + */ >>>> + delta = ticks; >>>> } >>>> write_gcsr_timertick(delta); >>>> >>> >