KVM: LAPIC: Loosen filter for adaptive tuning of lapic_timer_advance_ns
5000 guest cycles delta is easy to encounter on desktop, per-vCPU
lapic_timer_advance_ns always keeps at 1000ns initial value, let's
loosen the filter a bit to let adaptive tuning make progress.
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 3a3a685..87b0fcc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@
#define X2APIC_BROADCAST 0xFFFFFFFFul
static bool lapic_timer_advance_dynamic __read_mostly;
-#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MIN 100
-#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MAX 5000
-#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_INIT 1000
+#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MIN 100 /* clock cycles */
+#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MAX 10000 /* clock cycles */
+#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_NS_INIT 1000
+#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_NS_MAX 5000
/* step-by-step approximation to mitigate fluctuation */
#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_STEP 8
@@ -1504,8 +1505,8 @@ static inline void adjust_lapic_timer_advance(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
timer_advance_ns += ns/LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_STEP;
}
- if (unlikely(timer_advance_ns > LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MAX))
- timer_advance_ns = LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_INIT;
+ if (unlikely(timer_advance_ns > LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_NS_MAX))
+ timer_advance_ns = LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_NS_INIT;
apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns = timer_advance_ns;
}
@@ -2302,7 +2303,7 @@ int kvm_create_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int timer_advance_ns)
HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_HARD);
apic->lapic_timer.timer.function = apic_timer_fn;
if (timer_advance_ns == -1) {
- apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns = LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_INIT;
+ apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns = LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_NS_INIT;
lapic_timer_advance_dynamic = true;
} else {
apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns = timer_advance_ns;