kvm: i386: allow TSC to differ by NTP correction bounds without TSC scaling

The Linux TSC calibration procedure is subject to small variations
(its common to see +-1 kHz difference between reboots on a given CPU, for example).

So migrating a guest between two hosts with identical processor can fail, in case
of a small variation in calibrated TSC between them.

Allow a conservative 250ppm error between host TSC and VM TSC frequencies,
rather than requiring an exact match. NTP daemon in the guest can
correct this difference.

Also change migration to accept this bound.

KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ depends on a kernel interface change. Without this change,
the behaviour remains the same: in case of a different frequency
between host and VM, KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ will fail and QEMU will exit.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <[email protected]>

Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>

Author: matosatti

target/i386/kvm.c

@@ -740,26 +740,62 @@ static bool hyperv_enabled(X86CPU *cpu)
          cpu->hyperv_features || cpu->hyperv_passthrough);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check whether target_freq is within conservative
+ * ntp correctable bounds (250ppm) of freq
+ */
+static inline bool freq_within_bounds(int freq, int target_freq)
+{
+        int max_freq = freq + (freq * 250 / 1000000);
+        int min_freq = freq - (freq * 250 / 1000000);
+
+        if (target_freq >= min_freq && target_freq <= max_freq) {
+                return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+}
+
 static int kvm_arch_set_tsc_khz(CPUState *cs)
 {
     X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(cs);
     CPUX86State *env = &cpu->env;
-    int r;
+    int r, cur_freq;
+    bool set_ioctl = false;
 
     if (!env->tsc_khz) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    r = kvm_check_extension(cs->kvm_state, KVM_CAP_TSC_CONTROL) ?
+    cur_freq = kvm_check_extension(cs->kvm_state, KVM_CAP_GET_TSC_KHZ) ?
+               kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_GET_TSC_KHZ) : -ENOTSUP;
+
+    /*
+     * If TSC scaling is supported, attempt to set TSC frequency.
+     */
+    if (kvm_check_extension(cs->kvm_state, KVM_CAP_TSC_CONTROL)) {
+        set_ioctl = true;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * If desired TSC frequency is within bounds of NTP correction,
+     * attempt to set TSC frequency.
+     */
+    if (cur_freq != -ENOTSUP && freq_within_bounds(cur_freq, env->tsc_khz)) {
+        set_ioctl = true;
+    }
+
+    r = set_ioctl ?
         kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ, env->tsc_khz) :
         -ENOTSUP;
+
     if (r < 0) {
         /* When KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ fails, it's an error only if the current
          * TSC frequency doesn't match the one we want.
          */
-        int cur_freq = kvm_check_extension(cs->kvm_state, KVM_CAP_GET_TSC_KHZ) ?
-                       kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_GET_TSC_KHZ) :
-                       -ENOTSUP;
+        cur_freq = kvm_check_extension(cs->kvm_state, KVM_CAP_GET_TSC_KHZ) ?
+                   kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_GET_TSC_KHZ) :
+                   -ENOTSUP;
         if (cur_freq <= 0 || cur_freq != env->tsc_khz) {
             warn_report("TSC frequency mismatch between "
                         "VM (%" PRId64 " kHz) and host (%d kHz), "