x86: Increase precision of x86_platform.get/set_wallclock()

All the virtualized platforms (KVM, lguest and Xen) have persistent
wallclocks that have more than one second of precision.

read_persistent_wallclock() and update_persistent_wallclock() allow
for nanosecond precision but their implementation on x86 with
x86_platform.get/set_wallclock() only allows for one second precision.
This means guests may see a wallclock time that is off by up to 1
second.

Make set_wallclock() and get_wallclock() take a struct timespec
parameter (which allows for nanosecond precision) so KVM and Xen
guests may start with a more accurate wallclock time and a Xen dom0
can maintain a more accurate wallclock for guests.

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index d2c381280e3c..0db81ab511cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ static struct pvclock_wall_clock wall_clock;
  * have elapsed since the hypervisor wrote the data. So we try to account for
  * that with system time
  */
-static unsigned long kvm_get_wallclock(void)
+static void kvm_get_wallclock(struct timespec *now)
 {
 	struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *vcpu_time;
-	struct timespec ts;
 	int low, high;
 	int cpu;
 
@@ -64,14 +63,12 @@ static unsigned long kvm_get_wallclock(void)
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 	vcpu_time = &hv_clock[cpu].pvti;
-	pvclock_read_wallclock(&wall_clock, vcpu_time, &ts);
+	pvclock_read_wallclock(&wall_clock, vcpu_time, now);
 
 	preempt_enable();
-
-	return ts.tv_sec;
 }
 
-static int kvm_set_wallclock(unsigned long now)
+static int kvm_set_wallclock(const struct timespec *now)
 {
 	return -1;
 }