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qemu/include/standard-headers/linux/vmclock-abi.h

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/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-2-Clause) */
/*
* This structure provides a vDSO-style clock to VM guests, exposing the
* relationship (or lack thereof) between the CPU clock (TSC, timebase, arch
* counter, etc.) and real time. It is designed to address the problem of
* live migration, which other clock enlightenments do not.
*
* When a guest is live migrated, this affects the clock in two ways.
*
* First, even between identical hosts the actual frequency of the underlying
* counter will change within the tolerances of its specification (typically
* ±50PPM, or 4 seconds a day). This frequency also varies over time on the
* same host, but can be tracked by NTP as it generally varies slowly. With
* live migration there is a step change in the frequency, with no warning.
*
* Second, there may be a step change in the value of the counter itself, as
* its accuracy is limited by the precision of the NTP synchronization on the
* source and destination hosts.
*
* So any calibration (NTP, PTP, etc.) which the guest has done on the source
* host before migration is invalid, and needs to be redone on the new host.
*
* In its most basic mode, this structure provides only an indication to the
* guest that live migration has occurred. This allows the guest to know that
* its clock is invalid and take remedial action. For applications that need
* reliable accurate timestamps (e.g. distributed databases), the structure
* can be mapped all the way to userspace. This allows the application to see
* directly for itself that the clock is disrupted and take appropriate
* action, even when using a vDSO-style method to get the time instead of a
* system call.
*
* In its more advanced mode. this structure can also be used to expose the
* precise relationship of the CPU counter to real time, as calibrated by the
* host. This means that userspace applications can have accurate time
* immediately after live migration, rather than having to pause operations
* and wait for NTP to recover. This mode does, of course, rely on the
* counter being reliable and consistent across CPUs.
*
* Note that this must be true UTC, never with smeared leap seconds. If a
* guest wishes to construct a smeared clock, it can do so. Presenting a
* smeared clock through this interface would be problematic because it
* actually messes with the apparent counter *period*. A linear smearing
* of 1 ms per second would effectively tweak the counter period by 1000PPM
* at the start/end of the smearing period, while a sinusoidal smear would
* basically be impossible to represent.
*
* This structure is offered with the intent that it be adopted into the
* nascent virtio-rtc standard, as a virtio-rtc that does not address the live
* migration problem seems a little less than fit for purpose. For that
* reason, certain fields use precisely the same numeric definitions as in
* the virtio-rtc proposal. The structure can also be exposed through an ACPI
* device with the CID "VMCLOCK", modelled on the "VMGENID" device except for
* the fact that it uses a real _CRS to convey the address of the structure
* (which should be a full page, to allow for mapping directly to userspace).
*/
#ifndef __VMCLOCK_ABI_H__
#define __VMCLOCK_ABI_H__
#include "standard-headers/linux/types.h"
struct vmclock_abi {
/* CONSTANT FIELDS */
uint32_t magic;
#define VMCLOCK_MAGIC 0x4b4c4356 /* "VCLK" */
uint32_t size; /* Size of region containing this structure */
uint16_t version; /* 1 */
uint8_t counter_id; /* Matches VIRTIO_RTC_COUNTER_xxx except INVALID */
#define VMCLOCK_COUNTER_ARM_VCNT 0
#define VMCLOCK_COUNTER_X86_TSC 1
#define VMCLOCK_COUNTER_INVALID 0xff
uint8_t time_type; /* Matches VIRTIO_RTC_TYPE_xxx */
#define VMCLOCK_TIME_UTC 0 /* Since 1970-01-01 00:00:00z */
#define VMCLOCK_TIME_TAI 1 /* Since 1970-01-01 00:00:00z */
#define VMCLOCK_TIME_MONOTONIC 2 /* Since undefined epoch */
#define VMCLOCK_TIME_INVALID_SMEARED 3 /* Not supported */
#define VMCLOCK_TIME_INVALID_MAYBE_SMEARED 4 /* Not supported */
/* NON-CONSTANT FIELDS PROTECTED BY SEQCOUNT LOCK */
uint32_t seq_count; /* Low bit means an update is in progress */
/*
* This field changes to another non-repeating value when the CPU
* counter is disrupted, for example on live migration. This lets
* the guest know that it should discard any calibration it has
* performed of the counter against external sources (NTP/PTP/etc.).
*/
uint64_t disruption_marker;
uint64_t flags;
/* Indicates that the tai_offset_sec field is valid */
#define VMCLOCK_FLAG_TAI_OFFSET_VALID (1 << 0)
/*
* Optionally used to notify guests of pending maintenance events.
* A guest which provides latency-sensitive services may wish to
* remove itself from service if an event is coming up. Two flags
* indicate the approximate imminence of the event.
*/
#define VMCLOCK_FLAG_DISRUPTION_SOON (1 << 1) /* About a day */
#define VMCLOCK_FLAG_DISRUPTION_IMMINENT (1 << 2) /* About an hour */
#define VMCLOCK_FLAG_PERIOD_ESTERROR_VALID (1 << 3)
#define VMCLOCK_FLAG_PERIOD_MAXERROR_VALID (1 << 4)
#define VMCLOCK_FLAG_TIME_ESTERROR_VALID (1 << 5)
#define VMCLOCK_FLAG_TIME_MAXERROR_VALID (1 << 6)
/*
* If the MONOTONIC flag is set then (other than leap seconds) it is
* guaranteed that the time calculated according this structure at
* any given moment shall never appear to be later than the time
* calculated via the structure at any *later* moment.
*
* In particular, a timestamp based on a counter reading taken
* immediately after setting the low bit of seq_count (and the
* associated memory barrier), using the previously-valid time and
* period fields, shall never be later than a timestamp based on
* a counter reading taken immediately before *clearing* the low
* bit again after the update, using the about-to-be-valid fields.
*/
#define VMCLOCK_FLAG_TIME_MONOTONIC (1 << 7)
uint8_t pad[2];
uint8_t clock_status;
#define VMCLOCK_STATUS_UNKNOWN 0
#define VMCLOCK_STATUS_INITIALIZING 1
#define VMCLOCK_STATUS_SYNCHRONIZED 2
#define VMCLOCK_STATUS_FREERUNNING 3
#define VMCLOCK_STATUS_UNRELIABLE 4
/*
* The time exposed through this device is never smeared. This field
* corresponds to the 'subtype' field in virtio-rtc, which indicates
* the smearing method. However in this case it provides a *hint* to
* the guest operating system, such that *if* the guest OS wants to
* provide its users with an alternative clock which does not follow
* UTC, it may do so in a fashion consistent with the other systems
* in the nearby environment.
*/
uint8_t leap_second_smearing_hint; /* Matches VIRTIO_RTC_SUBTYPE_xxx */
#define VMCLOCK_SMEARING_STRICT 0
#define VMCLOCK_SMEARING_NOON_LINEAR 1
#define VMCLOCK_SMEARING_UTC_SLS 2
uint16_t tai_offset_sec; /* Actually two's complement signed */
uint8_t leap_indicator;
/*
* This field is based on the VIRTIO_RTC_LEAP_xxx values as defined
* in the current draft of virtio-rtc, but since smearing cannot be
* used with the shared memory device, some values are not used.
*
* The _POST_POS and _POST_NEG values allow the guest to perform
* its own smearing during the day or so after a leap second when
* such smearing may need to continue being applied for a leap
* second which is now theoretically "historical".
*/
#define VMCLOCK_LEAP_NONE 0x00 /* No known nearby leap second */
#define VMCLOCK_LEAP_PRE_POS 0x01 /* Positive leap second at EOM */
#define VMCLOCK_LEAP_PRE_NEG 0x02 /* Negative leap second at EOM */
#define VMCLOCK_LEAP_POS 0x03 /* Set during 23:59:60 second */
#define VMCLOCK_LEAP_POST_POS 0x04
#define VMCLOCK_LEAP_POST_NEG 0x05
/* Bit shift for counter_period_frac_sec and its error rate */
uint8_t counter_period_shift;
/*
* Paired values of counter and UTC at a given point in time.
*/
uint64_t counter_value;
/*
* Counter period, and error margin of same. The unit of these
* fields is 1/2^(64 + counter_period_shift) of a second.
*/
uint64_t counter_period_frac_sec;
uint64_t counter_period_esterror_rate_frac_sec;
uint64_t counter_period_maxerror_rate_frac_sec;
/*
* Time according to time_type field above.
*/
uint64_t time_sec; /* Seconds since time_type epoch */
uint64_t time_frac_sec; /* Units of 1/2^64 of a second */
uint64_t time_esterror_nanosec;
uint64_t time_maxerror_nanosec;
};
#endif /* __VMCLOCK_ABI_H__ */