KVM: x86: Report host tsc and realtime values in KVM_GET_CLOCK

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Handling the migration of TSCs correctly is difficult, in part because
Linux does not provide userspace with the ability to retrieve a (TSC,
realtime) clock pair for a single instant in time. In lieu of a more
convenient facility, KVM can report similar information in the kvm_clock
structure.

Provide userspace with a host TSC & realtime pair iff the realtime clock
is based on the TSC. If userspace provides KVM_SET_CLOCK with a valid
realtime value, advance the KVM clock by the amount of elapsed time. Do
not step the KVM clock backwards, though, as it is a monotonic
oscillator.

Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20210916181538.968978-5-oupton@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

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Oliver Upton 2021-09-16 18:15:35 +00:00 • committed by Paolo Bonzini

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