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authorgVisor bot <gvisor-bot@google.com>2019-06-02 06:44:55 +0000
committergVisor bot <gvisor-bot@google.com>2019-06-02 06:44:55 +0000
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+// Copyright 2018 The gVisor Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package time
+
+import (
+ "errors"
+
+ "gvisor.googlesource.com/gvisor/pkg/log"
+)
+
+const (
+ // defaultOverheadTSC is the default estimated syscall overhead in TSC cycles.
+ // It is further refined as syscalls are made.
+ defaultOverheadCycles = 1 * 1000
+
+ // maxOverheadCycles is the maximum allowed syscall overhead in TSC cycles.
+ maxOverheadCycles = 100 * defaultOverheadCycles
+
+ // maxSampleLoops is the maximum number of times to try to get a clock sample
+ // under the expected overhead.
+ maxSampleLoops = 5
+
+ // maxSamples is the maximum number of samples to collect.
+ maxSamples = 10
+)
+
+// errOverheadTooHigh is returned from sampler.Sample if the syscall
+// overhead is too high.
+var errOverheadTooHigh = errors.New("time syscall overhead exceeds maximum")
+
+// TSCValue is a value from the TSC.
+type TSCValue int64
+
+// Rdtsc reads the TSC.
+//
+// Intel SDM, Vol 3, Ch 17.15:
+// "The RDTSC instruction reads the time-stamp counter and is guaranteed to
+// return a monotonically increasing unique value whenever executed, except for
+// a 64-bit counter wraparound. Intel guarantees that the time-stamp counter
+// will not wraparound within 10 years after being reset."
+//
+// We use int64, so we have 5 years before wrap-around.
+func Rdtsc() TSCValue
+
+// ReferenceNS are nanoseconds in the reference clock domain.
+// int64 gives us ~290 years before this overflows.
+type ReferenceNS int64
+
+// Magnitude returns the absolute value of r.
+func (r ReferenceNS) Magnitude() ReferenceNS {
+ if r < 0 {
+ return -r
+ }
+ return r
+}
+
+// cycleClock is a TSC-based cycle clock.
+type cycleClock interface {
+ // Cycles returns a count value from the TSC.
+ Cycles() TSCValue
+}
+
+// tscCycleClock is a cycleClock that uses the real TSC.
+type tscCycleClock struct{}
+
+// Cycles implements cycleClock.Cycles.
+func (tscCycleClock) Cycles() TSCValue {
+ return Rdtsc()
+}
+
+// sample contains a sample from the reference clock, with TSC values from
+// before and after the reference clock value was captured.
+type sample struct {
+ before TSCValue
+ after TSCValue
+ ref ReferenceNS
+}
+
+// Overhead returns the sample overhead in TSC cycles.
+func (s *sample) Overhead() TSCValue {
+ return s.after - s.before
+}
+
+// referenceClocks collects individual samples from a reference clock ID and
+// TSC.
+type referenceClocks interface {
+ cycleClock
+
+ // Sample returns a single sample from the reference clock ID.
+ Sample(c ClockID) (sample, error)
+}
+
+// sampler collects samples from a reference system clock, minimizing
+// the overhead in each sample.
+type sampler struct {
+ // clockID is the reference clock ID (e.g., CLOCK_MONOTONIC).
+ clockID ClockID
+
+ // clocks provides raw samples.
+ clocks referenceClocks
+
+ // overhead is the estimated sample overhead in TSC cycles.
+ overhead TSCValue
+
+ // samples is a ring buffer of the latest samples collected.
+ samples []sample
+}
+
+// newSampler creates a sampler for clockID.
+func newSampler(c ClockID) *sampler {
+ return &sampler{
+ clockID: c,
+ clocks: syscallTSCReferenceClocks{},
+ overhead: defaultOverheadCycles,
+ }
+}
+
+// Reset discards previously collected clock samples.
+func (s *sampler) Reset() {
+ s.overhead = defaultOverheadCycles
+ s.samples = []sample{}
+}
+
+// lowOverheadSample returns a reference clock sample with minimized syscall overhead.
+func (s *sampler) lowOverheadSample() (sample, error) {
+ for {
+ for i := 0; i < maxSampleLoops; i++ {
+ samp, err := s.clocks.Sample(s.clockID)
+ if err != nil {
+ return sample{}, err
+ }
+
+ if samp.before > samp.after {
+ log.Warningf("TSC went backwards: %v > %v", samp.before, samp.after)
+ continue
+ }
+
+ if samp.Overhead() <= s.overhead {
+ return samp, nil
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Couldn't get a sample with the current overhead. Increase it.
+ newOverhead := 2 * s.overhead
+ if newOverhead > maxOverheadCycles {
+ // We'll give it one more shot with the max overhead.
+
+ if s.overhead == maxOverheadCycles {
+ return sample{}, errOverheadTooHigh
+ }
+
+ newOverhead = maxOverheadCycles
+ }
+
+ s.overhead = newOverhead
+ log.Debugf("Time: Adjusting syscall overhead up to %v", s.overhead)
+ }
+}
+
+// Sample collects a reference clock sample.
+func (s *sampler) Sample() error {
+ sample, err := s.lowOverheadSample()
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+
+ s.samples = append(s.samples, sample)
+ if len(s.samples) > maxSamples {
+ s.samples = s.samples[1:]
+ }
+
+ // If the 4 most recent samples all have an overhead less than half the
+ // expected overhead, adjust downwards.
+ if len(s.samples) < 4 {
+ return nil
+ }
+
+ for _, sample := range s.samples[len(s.samples)-4:] {
+ if sample.Overhead() > s.overhead/2 {
+ return nil
+ }
+ }
+
+ s.overhead -= s.overhead / 8
+ log.Debugf("Time: Adjusting syscall overhead down to %v", s.overhead)
+
+ return nil
+}
+
+// Syscall returns the current raw reference time without storing TSC
+// samples.
+func (s *sampler) Syscall() (ReferenceNS, error) {
+ sample, err := s.clocks.Sample(s.clockID)
+ if err != nil {
+ return 0, err
+ }
+
+ return sample.ref, nil
+}
+
+// Cycles returns a raw TSC value.
+func (s *sampler) Cycles() TSCValue {
+ return s.clocks.Cycles()
+}
+
+// Range returns the widest range of clock samples available.
+func (s *sampler) Range() (sample, sample, bool) {
+ if len(s.samples) < 2 {
+ return sample{}, sample{}, false
+ }
+
+ return s.samples[0], s.samples[len(s.samples)-1], true
+}