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diff --git a/src/cpu/kvm/timer.cc b/src/cpu/kvm/timer.cc
index 03cdea6fb..6882063e4 100644
--- a/src/cpu/kvm/timer.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/kvm/timer.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
* Authors: Andreas Sandberg
*/
+#include <algorithm>
#include <csignal>
#include <ctime>
@@ -45,6 +46,14 @@
#include "cpu/kvm/timer.hh"
#include "debug/KvmTimer.hh"
+/**
+ * Minimum number of cycles that a host can spend in a KVM call (used
+ * to calculate the resolution of some timers).
+ *
+ * The value of this constant is a bit arbitrary, but in practice, we
+ * can't really do anything useful in less than ~1000 cycles.
+ */
+static const uint64_t MIN_HOST_CYCLES = 1000;
PosixKvmTimer::PosixKvmTimer(int signo, clockid_t clockID,
float hostFactor, Tick hostFreq)
@@ -82,6 +91,8 @@ PosixKvmTimer::arm(Tick ticks)
ts.it_value.tv_sec = hostNs(ticks) / 1000000000ULL;
ts.it_value.tv_nsec = hostNs(ticks) % 1000000000ULL;
+ assert(ts.it_value.tv_nsec > 0 || ts.it_value.tv_sec > 0);
+
DPRINTF(KvmTimer, "Arming POSIX timer: %i ticks (%is%ins)\n",
ticks, ts.it_value.tv_sec, ts.it_value.tv_nsec);
@@ -109,9 +120,23 @@ PosixKvmTimer::calcResolution()
if (clock_getres(clockID, &ts) == -1)
panic("PosixKvmTimer: Failed to get timer resolution\n");
- Tick resolution(ticksFromHostNs(ts.tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + ts.tv_nsec));
-
- return resolution;
+ const uint64_t res_ns(ts.tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + ts.tv_nsec);
+ // We preferrably want ticksFromHostNs() to calculate the the
+ // ceiling rather than truncating the value. However, there are
+ // other cases where truncating is fine, so we just add 1 here to
+ // make sure that the actual resolution is strictly less than what
+ // we return. We could get all kinds of nasty behavior if
+ // arm(resolution) is called and the resulting time is 0 (which
+ // could happen if we truncate the results and the resolution is
+ // 1ns).
+ const Tick resolution(ticksFromHostNs(res_ns) + 1);
+ // It might not make sense to enter into KVM for less than a
+ // certain number of host cycles. In some systems (e.g., Linux)
+ // the resolution of the timer we use is 1ns (a few cycles on most
+ // CPUs), which isn't very useful.
+ const Tick min_cycles(ticksFromHostCycles(MIN_HOST_CYCLES));
+
+ return std::max(resolution, min_cycles);
}
@@ -143,7 +168,5 @@ PerfKvmTimer::disarm()
Tick
PerfKvmTimer::calcResolution()
{
- // This is a bit arbitrary, but in practice, we can't really do
- // anything useful in less than ~1000 anyway.
- return ticksFromHostCycles(1000);
+ return ticksFromHostCycles(MIN_HOST_CYCLES);
}