Merge tag 'for-linus-5.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml

Pull UML updates from Richard Weinberger:

 - New mode for time travel, external via virtio

 - Fixes for ubd to make sure no requests can get lost

 - Fixes for vector networking

 - Allow CONFIG_STATIC_LINK only when possible

 - Minor cleanups and fixes

* tag 'for-linus-5.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml:
  um: Remove some unnecessary NULL checks in vector_user.c
  um: vector: Avoid NULL ptr deference if transport is unset
  um: Make CONFIG_STATIC_LINK actually static
  um: Implement cpu_relax() as ndelay(1) for time-travel
  um: Implement ndelay/udelay in time-travel mode
  um: Implement time-travel=ext
  um: virtio: Implement VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_INBAND_NOTIFICATIONS
  um: time-travel: Rewrite as an event scheduler
  um: Move timer-internal.h to non-shared
  hostfs: Use kasprintf() instead of fixed buffer formatting
  um: falloc.h needs to be directly included for older libc
  um: ubd: Retry buffer read on any kind of error
  um: ubd: Prevent buffer overrun on command completion
  um: Fix overlapping ELF segments when statically linked
  um: Delete never executed timer
  um: Don't overwrite ethtool driver version
  um: Fix len of file in create_pid_file
  um: Don't use console_drivers directly
  um: Cleanup CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ

5 files changed, 528 insertions, 65 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/kmsg_dump.c b/arch/um/kernel/kmsg_dump.c
index 98bdf69e4c2e..e4abac6c9727 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/kmsg_dump.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/kmsg_dump.c
@@ -9,20 +9,19 @@ static void kmsg_dumper_stdout(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
 				enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
 {
 	static char line[1024];
-
+	struct console *con;
 	size_t len = 0;
-	bool con_available = false;
 
 	/* only dump kmsg when no console is available */
 	if (!console_trylock())
 		return;
 
-	if (console_drivers != NULL)
-		con_available = true;
+	for_each_console(con)
+		break;
 
 	console_unlock();
 
-	if (con_available == true)
+	if (con)
 		return;
 
 	printf("kmsg_dump:\n");
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/process.c b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
index 56a094182bf5..cbe33af2a880 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <kern_util.h>
 #include <os.h>
 #include <skas.h>
-#include <timer-internal.h>
+#include <linux/time-internal.h>
 
 /*
  * This is a per-cpu array.  A processor only modifies its entry and it only
@@ -203,43 +203,6 @@ void initial_thread_cb(void (*proc)(void *), void *arg)
 	kmalloc_ok = save_kmalloc_ok;
 }
 
-static void time_travel_sleep(unsigned long long duration)
-{
-	unsigned long long next = time_travel_time + duration;
-
-	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_INFCPU)
-		os_timer_disable();
-
-	while (time_travel_timer_mode == TT_TMR_PERIODIC &&
-	       time_travel_timer_expiry < time_travel_time)
-		time_travel_set_timer_expiry(time_travel_timer_expiry +
-					     time_travel_timer_interval);
-
-	if (time_travel_timer_mode != TT_TMR_DISABLED &&
-	    time_travel_timer_expiry < next) {
-		if (time_travel_timer_mode == TT_TMR_ONESHOT)
-			time_travel_set_timer_mode(TT_TMR_DISABLED);
-		/*
-		 * In basic mode, time_travel_time will be adjusted in
-		 * the timer IRQ handler so it works even when the signal
-		 * comes from the OS timer, see there.
-		 */
-		if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_BASIC)
-			time_travel_set_time(time_travel_timer_expiry);
-
-		deliver_alarm();
-	} else {
-		time_travel_set_time(next);
-	}
-
-	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_INFCPU) {
-		if (time_travel_timer_mode == TT_TMR_PERIODIC)
-			os_timer_set_interval(time_travel_timer_interval);
-		else if (time_travel_timer_mode == TT_TMR_ONESHOT)
-			os_timer_one_shot(time_travel_timer_expiry - next);
-	}
-}
-
 static void um_idle_sleep(void)
 {
 	unsigned long long duration = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC;
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/syscall.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/syscall.c
index 40d90dddf3f1..0a12d5a09217 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/syscall.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <sysdep/ptrace.h>
 #include <sysdep/ptrace_user.h>
 #include <sysdep/syscalls.h>
-#include <shared/timer-internal.h>
+#include <linux/time-internal.h>
 
 void handle_syscall(struct uml_pt_regs *r)
 {
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ void handle_syscall(struct uml_pt_regs *r)
 	 * went to sleep, even if said userspace interacts with the kernel in
 	 * various ways.
 	 */
-	if (time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_INFCPU)
+	if (time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_INFCPU ||
+	    time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_EXTERNAL)
 		schedule();
 
 	/* Initialize the syscall number and default return value. */
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/time.c b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
index 94ea87bd231c..25eaa6a0c658 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Thomas Meyer (thomas@m3y3r.de)
  * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Cisco Systems
  * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Jeff Dike (jdike@{addtoit,linux.intel}.com)
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation
  */
 
 #include <linux/clockchips.h>
@@ -18,21 +19,484 @@
 #include <asm/param.h>
 #include <kern_util.h>
 #include <os.h>
-#include <timer-internal.h>
+#include <linux/time-internal.h>
+#include <linux/um_timetravel.h>
 #include <shared/init.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UML_TIME_TRAVEL_SUPPORT
 enum time_travel_mode time_travel_mode;
-unsigned long long time_travel_time;
-enum time_travel_timer_mode time_travel_timer_mode;
-unsigned long long time_travel_timer_expiry;
-unsigned long long time_travel_timer_interval;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(time_travel_mode);
 
 static bool time_travel_start_set;
 static unsigned long long time_travel_start;
-#else
+static unsigned long long time_travel_time;
+static LIST_HEAD(time_travel_events);
+static unsigned long long time_travel_timer_interval;
+static unsigned long long time_travel_next_event;
+static struct time_travel_event time_travel_timer_event;
+static int time_travel_ext_fd = -1;
+static unsigned int time_travel_ext_waiting;
+static bool time_travel_ext_prev_request_valid;
+static unsigned long long time_travel_ext_prev_request;
+static bool time_travel_ext_free_until_valid;
+static unsigned long long time_travel_ext_free_until;
+
+static void time_travel_set_time(unsigned long long ns)
+{
+	if (unlikely(ns < time_travel_time))
+		panic("time-travel: time goes backwards %lld -> %lld\n",
+		      time_travel_time, ns);
+	time_travel_time = ns;
+}
+
+enum time_travel_message_handling {
+	TTMH_IDLE,
+	TTMH_POLL,
+	TTMH_READ,
+};
+
+static void time_travel_handle_message(struct um_timetravel_msg *msg,
+				       enum time_travel_message_handling mode)
+{
+	struct um_timetravel_msg resp = {
+		.op = UM_TIMETRAVEL_ACK,
+	};
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Poll outside the locked section (if we're not called to only read
+	 * the response) so we can get interrupts for e.g. virtio while we're
+	 * here, but then we need to lock to not get interrupted between the
+	 * read of the message and write of the ACK.
+	 */
+	if (mode != TTMH_READ) {
+		while (os_poll(1, &time_travel_ext_fd) != 0) {
+			if (mode == TTMH_IDLE) {
+				BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+				local_irq_enable();
+				local_irq_disable();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = os_read_file(time_travel_ext_fd, msg, sizeof(*msg));
+
+	if (ret == 0)
+		panic("time-travel external link is broken\n");
+	if (ret != sizeof(*msg))
+		panic("invalid time-travel message - %d bytes\n", ret);
+
+	switch (msg->op) {
+	default:
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "time-travel: unexpected message %lld\n",
+			  (unsigned long long)msg->op);
+		break;
+	case UM_TIMETRAVEL_ACK:
+		return;
+	case UM_TIMETRAVEL_RUN:
+		time_travel_set_time(msg->time);
+		break;
+	case UM_TIMETRAVEL_FREE_UNTIL:
+		time_travel_ext_free_until_valid = true;
+		time_travel_ext_free_until = msg->time;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	os_write_file(time_travel_ext_fd, &resp, sizeof(resp));
+}
+
+static u64 time_travel_ext_req(u32 op, u64 time)
+{
+	static int seq;
+	int mseq = ++seq;
+	struct um_timetravel_msg msg = {
+		.op = op,
+		.time = time,
+		.seq = mseq,
+	};
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to save interrupts here and only restore when we
+	 * got the ACK - otherwise we can get interrupted and send
+	 * another request while we're still waiting for an ACK, but
+	 * the peer doesn't know we got interrupted and will send
+	 * the ACKs in the same order as the message, but we'd need
+	 * to see them in the opposite order ...
+	 *
+	 * This wouldn't matter *too* much, but some ACKs carry the
+	 * current time (for UM_TIMETRAVEL_GET) and getting another
+	 * ACK without a time would confuse us a lot!
+	 *
+	 * The sequence number assignment that happens here lets us
+	 * debug such message handling issues more easily.
+	 */
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	os_write_file(time_travel_ext_fd, &msg, sizeof(msg));
+
+	while (msg.op != UM_TIMETRAVEL_ACK)
+		time_travel_handle_message(&msg, TTMH_READ);
+
+	if (msg.seq != mseq)
+		panic("time-travel: ACK message has different seqno! op=%d, seq=%d != %d time=%lld\n",
+		      msg.op, msg.seq, mseq, msg.time);
+
+	if (op == UM_TIMETRAVEL_GET)
+		time_travel_set_time(msg.time);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+	return msg.time;
+}
+
+void __time_travel_wait_readable(int fd)
+{
+	int fds[2] = { fd, time_travel_ext_fd };
+	int ret;
+
+	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_EXTERNAL)
+		return;
+
+	while ((ret = os_poll(2, fds))) {
+		struct um_timetravel_msg msg;
+
+		if (ret == 1)
+			time_travel_handle_message(&msg, TTMH_READ);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__time_travel_wait_readable);
+
+static void time_travel_ext_update_request(unsigned long long time)
+{
+	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_EXTERNAL)
+		return;
+
+	/* asked for exactly this time previously */
+	if (time_travel_ext_prev_request_valid &&
+	    time == time_travel_ext_prev_request)
+		return;
+
+	time_travel_ext_prev_request = time;
+	time_travel_ext_prev_request_valid = true;
+	time_travel_ext_req(UM_TIMETRAVEL_REQUEST, time);
+}
+
+void __time_travel_propagate_time(void)
+{
+	time_travel_ext_req(UM_TIMETRAVEL_UPDATE, time_travel_time);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__time_travel_propagate_time);
+
+/* returns true if we must do a wait to the simtime device */
+static bool time_travel_ext_request(unsigned long long time)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If we received an external sync point ("free until") then we
+	 * don't have to request/wait for anything until then, unless
+	 * we're already waiting.
+	 */
+	if (!time_travel_ext_waiting && time_travel_ext_free_until_valid &&
+	    time < time_travel_ext_free_until)
+		return false;
+
+	time_travel_ext_update_request(time);
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void time_travel_ext_wait(bool idle)
+{
+	struct um_timetravel_msg msg = {
+		.op = UM_TIMETRAVEL_ACK,
+	};
+
+	time_travel_ext_prev_request_valid = false;
+	time_travel_ext_waiting++;
+
+	time_travel_ext_req(UM_TIMETRAVEL_WAIT, -1);
+
+	/*
+	 * Here we are deep in the idle loop, so we have to break out of the
+	 * kernel abstraction in a sense and implement this in terms of the
+	 * UML system waiting on the VQ interrupt while sleeping, when we get
+	 * the signal it'll call time_travel_ext_vq_notify_done() completing the
+	 * call.
+	 */
+	while (msg.op != UM_TIMETRAVEL_RUN)
+		time_travel_handle_message(&msg, idle ? TTMH_IDLE : TTMH_POLL);
+
+	time_travel_ext_waiting--;
+
+	/* we might request more stuff while polling - reset when we run */
+	time_travel_ext_prev_request_valid = false;
+}
+
+static void time_travel_ext_get_time(void)
+{
+	time_travel_ext_req(UM_TIMETRAVEL_GET, -1);
+}
+
+static void __time_travel_update_time(unsigned long long ns, bool idle)
+{
+	if (time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_EXTERNAL && time_travel_ext_request(ns))
+		time_travel_ext_wait(idle);
+	else
+		time_travel_set_time(ns);
+}
+
+static struct time_travel_event *time_travel_first_event(void)
+{
+	return list_first_entry_or_null(&time_travel_events,
+					struct time_travel_event,
+					list);
+}
+
+static void __time_travel_add_event(struct time_travel_event *e,
+				    unsigned long long time)
+{
+	struct time_travel_event *tmp;
+	bool inserted = false;
+
+	if (WARN(time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_BASIC &&
+		 e != &time_travel_timer_event,
+		 "only timer events can be handled in basic mode"))
+		return;
+
+	if (e->pending)
+		return;
+
+	e->pending = true;
+	e->time = time;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(tmp, &time_travel_events, list) {
+		/*
+		 * Add the new entry before one with higher time,
+		 * or if they're equal and both on stack, because
+		 * in that case we need to unwind the stack in the
+		 * right order, and the later event (timer sleep
+		 * or such) must be dequeued first.
+		 */
+		if ((tmp->time > e->time) ||
+		    (tmp->time == e->time && tmp->onstack && e->onstack)) {
+			list_add_tail(&e->list, &tmp->list);
+			inserted = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!inserted)
+		list_add_tail(&e->list, &time_travel_events);
+
+	tmp = time_travel_first_event();
+	time_travel_ext_update_request(tmp->time);
+	time_travel_next_event = tmp->time;
+}
+
+static void time_travel_add_event(struct time_travel_event *e,
+				  unsigned long long time)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(!e->fn))
+		return;
+
+	__time_travel_add_event(e, time);
+}
+
+void time_travel_periodic_timer(struct time_travel_event *e)
+{
+	time_travel_add_event(&time_travel_timer_event,
+			      time_travel_time + time_travel_timer_interval);
+	deliver_alarm();
+}
+
+static void time_travel_deliver_event(struct time_travel_event *e)
+{
+	if (e == &time_travel_timer_event) {
+		/*
+		 * deliver_alarm() does the irq_enter/irq_exit
+		 * by itself, so must handle it specially here
+		 */
+		e->fn(e);
+	} else {
+		unsigned long flags;
+
+		local_irq_save(flags);
+		irq_enter();
+		e->fn(e);
+		irq_exit();
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+	}
+}
+
+static bool time_travel_del_event(struct time_travel_event *e)
+{
+	if (!e->pending)
+		return false;
+	list_del(&e->list);
+	e->pending = false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void time_travel_update_time(unsigned long long next, bool idle)
+{
+	struct time_travel_event ne = {
+		.onstack = true,
+	};
+	struct time_travel_event *e;
+	bool finished = idle;
+
+	/* add it without a handler - we deal with that specifically below */
+	__time_travel_add_event(&ne, next);
+
+	do {
+		e = time_travel_first_event();
+
+		BUG_ON(!e);
+		__time_travel_update_time(e->time, idle);
+
+		/* new events may have been inserted while we were waiting */
+		if (e == time_travel_first_event()) {
+			BUG_ON(!time_travel_del_event(e));
+			BUG_ON(time_travel_time != e->time);
+
+			if (e == &ne) {
+				finished = true;
+			} else {
+				if (e->onstack)
+					panic("On-stack event dequeued outside of the stack! time=%lld, event time=%lld, event=%pS\n",
+					      time_travel_time, e->time, e);
+				time_travel_deliver_event(e);
+			}
+		}
+
+		e = time_travel_first_event();
+		if (e)
+			time_travel_ext_update_request(e->time);
+	} while (ne.pending && !finished);
+
+	time_travel_del_event(&ne);
+}
+
+void time_travel_ndelay(unsigned long nsec)
+{
+	time_travel_update_time(time_travel_time + nsec, false);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(time_travel_ndelay);
+
+void time_travel_add_irq_event(struct time_travel_event *e)
+{
+	BUG_ON(time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_EXTERNAL);
+
+	time_travel_ext_get_time();
+	/*
+	 * We could model interrupt latency here, for now just
+	 * don't have any latency at all and request the exact
+	 * same time (again) to run the interrupt...
+	 */
+	time_travel_add_event(e, time_travel_time);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(time_travel_add_irq_event);
+
+static void time_travel_oneshot_timer(struct time_travel_event *e)
+{
+	deliver_alarm();
+}
+
+void time_travel_sleep(unsigned long long duration)
+{
+	unsigned long long next = time_travel_time + duration;
+
+	if (time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_BASIC)
+		os_timer_disable();
+
+	time_travel_update_time(next, true);
+
+	if (time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_BASIC &&
+	    time_travel_timer_event.pending) {
+		if (time_travel_timer_event.fn == time_travel_periodic_timer) {
+			/*
+			 * This is somewhat wrong - we should get the first
+			 * one sooner like the os_timer_one_shot() below...
+			 */
+			os_timer_set_interval(time_travel_timer_interval);
+		} else {
+			os_timer_one_shot(time_travel_timer_event.time - next);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void time_travel_handle_real_alarm(void)
+{
+	time_travel_set_time(time_travel_next_event);
+
+	time_travel_del_event(&time_travel_timer_event);
+
+	if (time_travel_timer_event.fn == time_travel_periodic_timer)
+		time_travel_add_event(&time_travel_timer_event,
+				      time_travel_time +
+				      time_travel_timer_interval);
+}
+
+static void time_travel_set_interval(unsigned long long interval)
+{
+	time_travel_timer_interval = interval;
+}
+
+static int time_travel_connect_external(const char *socket)
+{
+	const char *sep;
+	unsigned long long id = (unsigned long long)-1;
+	int rc;
+
+	if ((sep = strchr(socket, ':'))) {
+		char buf[25] = {};
+		if (sep - socket > sizeof(buf) - 1)
+			goto invalid_number;
+
+		memcpy(buf, socket, sep - socket);
+		if (kstrtoull(buf, 0, &id)) {
+invalid_number:
+			panic("time-travel: invalid external ID in string '%s'\n",
+			      socket);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		socket = sep + 1;
+	}
+
+	rc = os_connect_socket(socket);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		panic("time-travel: failed to connect to external socket %s\n",
+		      socket);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	time_travel_ext_fd = rc;
+
+	time_travel_ext_req(UM_TIMETRAVEL_START, id);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_UML_TIME_TRAVEL_SUPPORT */
 #define time_travel_start_set 0
 #define time_travel_start 0
+#define time_travel_time 0
+
+static inline void time_travel_update_time(unsigned long long ns, bool retearly)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void time_travel_handle_real_alarm(void)
+{
+}
+
+static void time_travel_set_interval(unsigned long long interval)
+{
+}
+
+/* fail link if this actually gets used */
+extern u64 time_travel_ext_req(u32 op, u64 time);
+
+/* these are empty macros so the struct/fn need not exist */
+#define time_travel_add_event(e, time) do { } while (0)
+#define time_travel_del_event(e) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
 void timer_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
@@ -48,7 +512,7 @@ void timer_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
 	 * never get any real signals from the OS.
 	 */
 	if (time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_BASIC)
-		time_travel_set_time(time_travel_timer_expiry);
+		time_travel_handle_real_alarm();
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	do_IRQ(TIMER_IRQ, regs);
@@ -58,9 +522,10 @@ void timer_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
 static int itimer_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *evt)
 {
 	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_OFF)
-		time_travel_set_timer_mode(TT_TMR_DISABLED);
+		time_travel_del_event(&time_travel_timer_event);
 
-	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_INFCPU)
+	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_INFCPU &&
+	    time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_EXTERNAL)
 		os_timer_disable();
 
 	return 0;
@@ -71,12 +536,16 @@ static int itimer_set_periodic(struct clock_event_device *evt)
 	unsigned long long interval = NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ;
 
 	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_OFF) {
-		time_travel_set_timer_mode(TT_TMR_PERIODIC);
-		time_travel_set_timer_expiry(time_travel_time + interval);
-		time_travel_set_timer_interval(interval);
+		time_travel_del_event(&time_travel_timer_event);
+		time_travel_set_event_fn(&time_travel_timer_event,
+					 time_travel_periodic_timer);
+		time_travel_set_interval(interval);
+		time_travel_add_event(&time_travel_timer_event,
+				      time_travel_time + interval);
 	}
 
-	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_INFCPU)
+	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_INFCPU &&
+	    time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_EXTERNAL)
 		os_timer_set_interval(interval);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -88,11 +557,15 @@ static int itimer_next_event(unsigned long delta,
 	delta += 1;
 
 	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_OFF) {
-		time_travel_set_timer_mode(TT_TMR_ONESHOT);
-		time_travel_set_timer_expiry(time_travel_time + delta);
+		time_travel_del_event(&time_travel_timer_event);
+		time_travel_set_event_fn(&time_travel_timer_event,
+					 time_travel_oneshot_timer);
+		time_travel_add_event(&time_travel_timer_event,
+				      time_travel_time + delta);
 	}
 
-	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_INFCPU)
+	if (time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_INFCPU &&
+	    time_travel_mode != TT_MODE_EXTERNAL)
 		return os_timer_one_shot(delta);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -143,8 +616,17 @@ static u64 timer_read(struct clocksource *cs)
 		 * stuck in loops that expect time to move more than the
 		 * exact requested sleep amount, e.g. python's socket server,
 		 * see https://bugs.python.org/issue37026.
+		 *
+		 * However, don't do that when we're in interrupt or such as
+		 * then we might recurse into our own processing, and get to
+		 * even more waiting, and that's not good - it messes up the
+		 * "what do I do next" and onstack event we use to know when
+		 * to return from time_travel_update_time().
 		 */
-		time_travel_set_time(time_travel_time + TIMER_MULTIPLIER);
+		if (!irqs_disabled() && !in_interrupt() && !in_softirq())
+			time_travel_update_time(time_travel_time +
+						TIMER_MULTIPLIER,
+						false);
 		return time_travel_time / TIMER_MULTIPLIER;
 	}
 
@@ -188,6 +670,8 @@ void read_persistent_clock64(struct timespec64 *ts)
 
 	if (time_travel_start_set)
 		nsecs = time_travel_start + time_travel_time;
+	else if (time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_EXTERNAL)
+		nsecs = time_travel_ext_req(UM_TIMETRAVEL_GET_TOD, -1);
 	else
 		nsecs = os_persistent_clock_emulation();
 
@@ -204,7 +688,8 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_UML_TIME_TRAVEL_SUPPORT
 unsigned long calibrate_delay_is_known(void)
 {
-	if (time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_INFCPU)
+	if (time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_INFCPU ||
+	    time_travel_mode == TT_MODE_EXTERNAL)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -218,6 +703,13 @@ int setup_time_travel(char *str)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (strncmp(str, "=ext:", 5) == 0) {
+		time_travel_mode = TT_MODE_EXTERNAL;
+		timer_clockevent.name = "time-travel-timer-external";
+		timer_clocksource.name = "time-travel-clock-external";
+		return time_travel_connect_external(str + 5);
+	}
+
 	if (!*str) {
 		time_travel_mode = TT_MODE_BASIC;
 		timer_clockevent.name = "time-travel-timer";
@@ -242,7 +734,15 @@ __uml_help(setup_time_travel,
 "are no wall clock timers, and any CPU processing happens - as seen from the\n"
 "guest - instantly. This can be useful for accurate simulation regardless of\n"
 "debug overhead, physical CPU speed, etc. but is somewhat dangerous as it can\n"
-"easily lead to getting stuck (e.g. if anything in the system busy loops).\n");
+"easily lead to getting stuck (e.g. if anything in the system busy loops).\n"
+"\n"
+"time-travel=ext:[ID:]/path/to/socket\n"
+"This enables time travel mode similar to =inf-cpu, except the system will\n"
+"use the given socket to coordinate with a central scheduler, in order to\n"
+"have more than one system simultaneously be on simulated time. The virtio\n"
+"driver code in UML knows about this so you can also simulate networks and\n"
+"devices using it, assuming the device has the right capabilities.\n"
+"The optional ID is a 64-bit integer that's sent to the central scheduler.\n");
 
 int setup_time_travel_start(char *str)
 {
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
index 9f21443be2c9..3b6dab3d4501 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ SECTIONS
   __binary_start = START;
 
   . = START + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
+  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 
   _text = .;
   INIT_TEXT_SECTION(0)
-  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 
   .text      :
   {