[PATCH v6 41/51] x86/kvmclock: Refactor handling of PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT during kvmclock_init()
Sean Christopherson <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 16:35:58 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-hyperv,dev.linux.lists.linux-coco,dev.linux.lists.virtualization,org.kernel.vger.kvm,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.xenproject.lists.xen-devel |
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Clean up the setting of PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT during kvmclock init to make it somewhat obvious that pvclock_read_flags() must be called *after* pvclock_set_flags(). Note, in theory, a different PV clock could have set PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT in the supported flags, i.e. reading flags only if KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT is set could very, very theoretically result in a change in behavior. In practice, the kernel only supports a single PV clock. Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c index 5220d205abc7..61d4d943fe74 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static __init void kvm_sched_clock_init(bool stable) void __init kvmclock_init(bool prefer_tsc) { - u8 flags; + bool stable = false; if (!kvm_para_available() || !kvmclock) return; @@ -354,11 +354,18 @@ void __init kvmclock_init(bool prefer_tsc) kvm_register_clock("primary cpu clock"); pvclock_set_pvti_cpu0_va(hv_clock_boot); - if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT)) + if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT)) { pvclock_set_flags(PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT); - flags = pvclock_read_flags(&hv_clock_boot[0].pvti); - kvm_sched_clock_init(flags & PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT); + /* + * Check if the clock is stable *after* marking TSC_STABLE as a + * valid flag. + */ + stable = pvclock_read_flags(&hv_clock_boot[0].pvti) & + PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT; + } + + kvm_sched_clock_init(stable); if (!x86_init.hyper.get_tsc_khz) x86_init.hyper.get_tsc_khz = kvmclock_get_tsc_khz; -- 2.55.0.679.g6767b8d81c-goog