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[PATCH v2 4/4] x86/vRTC: support century field


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Both ROMBIOS and SeaBIOS (with CONFIG_QEMU=y, as we build it) blindly
assume availability of this field (at its conventional index 0x32); OVMF
at least has code to inspect FADT. Hence we ought to have supported it
virtually forever.

As the index is beyond RTC_CMOS_SIZE, leverage the padding field in
struct hvm_hw_rtc to hold its value. Update the field only when involved
values are valid BCD century specifiers. Otherwise (for VMs migrated in
from an older hypervisor) leave handling to the DM.

This makes the Linux rtc-cmos driver report y3k compatibility.

In the new rtc_check(), besides checking the new fields also check the
pre-existing pad0 field.

While extending xen-hvmctx.c:dump_rtc() also add RTC offset there.

Fixes: 4ca161214355 ("[HVM] Move RTC emulation into the hypervisor")
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
Am I overly paranoid with the checking of the field, considering that
Xen 3.x post-dates year 2000 and hence all firmware nowadays usable guests
have ever run with should have been aware of the field? Or am I, quite the
opposite, still not strict enough?

Now that we extend struct hvm_hw_rtc, should we perhaps save not only the
century, but also its index?

Likely more sanity checking could be added to rtc_check(), but that's for
a separate patch imo.

Isn't day-of-week handling flawed? If the field is brought out of sync
with the other values, shouldn't it stay respectively out-of-sync? And
isn't it excessive overhead to go through rtc_set_time() when the field
is updated while SET is clear?

Perhaps we ought to also support alarm day/month features?
---
v2: Don't re-purpose pad0 field of struct hvm_hw_rtc.

--- a/tools/libacpi/static_tables.c
+++ b/tools/libacpi/static_tables.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ struct acpi_20_facs Facs = {
 #define ACPI_PM_TMR_BLK_BIT_WIDTH           0x20
 #define ACPI_PM_TMR_BLK_BIT_OFFSET          0x00
 
+#define CMOS_CENTURY 0x32 /* Conventional index used also without ACPI */
+
 struct acpi_fadt Fadt = {
     .header = {
         .signature    = ACPI_FADT_SIGNATURE,
@@ -88,7 +90,9 @@ struct acpi_fadt Fadt = {
         .register_bit_width  = ACPI_PM_TMR_BLK_BIT_WIDTH,
         .register_bit_offset = ACPI_PM_TMR_BLK_BIT_OFFSET,
         .address             = ACPI_PM_TMR_BLK_ADDRESS_V1,
-    }
+    },
+
+    .century = CMOS_CENTURY,
 };
 
 struct acpi_20_rsdt Rsdt = {
--- a/tools/misc/xen-hvmctx.c
+++ b/tools/misc/xen-hvmctx.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static void dump_rtc(void)
     printf("              0x%02x 0x%02x 0x%02x 0x%02x 0x%02x 0x%02x, index 
0x%02x\n",
            r.cmos_data[8], r.cmos_data[9], r.cmos_data[10], r.cmos_data[11], 
            r.cmos_data[12], r.cmos_data[13], r.cmos_index);
-
+    printf("         century 0x%02x  offset %"PRId64"\n", r.century, 
r.rtc_offset);
 }
 
 static void dump_hpet(void)
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/rtc.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/rtc.c
@@ -482,16 +482,27 @@ static int rtc_ioport_write(void *opaque
         data &= 0x7f;
         s->hw.cmos_index = data;
         spin_unlock(&s->lock);
-        return (data < RTC_CMOS_SIZE);
+        return data < RTC_CMOS_SIZE || (s->has_century && data == RTC_CENTURY);
     }
 
-    if ( s->hw.cmos_index >= RTC_CMOS_SIZE )
+    switch ( s->hw.cmos_index )
     {
+    case 0 ... RTC_CMOS_SIZE - 1:
+        orig = s->hw.cmos_data[s->hw.cmos_index];
+        break;
+
+    case RTC_CENTURY:
+        if ( s->has_century )
+        {
+            orig = s->hw.century;
+            break;
+        }
+        fallthrough;
+    default:
         spin_unlock(&s->lock);
         return 0;
     }
 
-    orig = s->hw.cmos_data[s->hw.cmos_index];
     switch ( s->hw.cmos_index )
     {
     case RTC_SECONDS_ALARM:
@@ -507,6 +518,7 @@ static int rtc_ioport_write(void *opaque
     case RTC_DAY_OF_MONTH:
     case RTC_MONTH:
     case RTC_YEAR:
+    case RTC_CENTURY:
         /* if in set mode, just write the register */
         if ( (s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_REG_B] & RTC_SET) )
             s->hw.cmos_data[s->hw.cmos_index] = data;
@@ -515,7 +527,10 @@ static int rtc_ioport_write(void *opaque
             /* Fetch the current time and update just this field. */
             s->current_tm = gmtime(get_localtime(d));
             rtc_copy_date(s);
-            s->hw.cmos_data[s->hw.cmos_index] = data;
+            if ( s->hw.cmos_index != RTC_CENTURY )
+                s->hw.cmos_data[s->hw.cmos_index] = data;
+            else
+                s->hw.century = data;
             rtc_set_time(s);
         }
         alarm_timer_update(s);
@@ -591,7 +606,16 @@ static void rtc_set_time(RTCState *s)
     tm->tm_wday = from_bcd(s, s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_DAY_OF_WEEK]);
     tm->tm_mday = from_bcd(s, s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_DAY_OF_MONTH]);
     tm->tm_mon = from_bcd(s, s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_MONTH]) - 1;
-    tm->tm_year = from_bcd(s, s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_YEAR]) + 100;
+    tm->tm_year = from_bcd(s, s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_YEAR]);
+    if ( s->has_century )
+    {
+        unsigned int century = s->hw.century;
+
+        BCD_TO_BIN(century);
+        tm->tm_year += century * 100 - epoch_year;
+    }
+    else
+        tm->tm_year += 100;
 
     after = mktime(get_year(tm->tm_year), tm->tm_mon + 1, tm->tm_mday,
                    tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec);
@@ -629,6 +653,12 @@ static void rtc_copy_date(RTCState *s)
     s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_DAY_OF_MONTH] = to_bcd(s, tm->tm_mday);
     s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_MONTH] = to_bcd(s, tm->tm_mon + 1);
     s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_YEAR] = to_bcd(s, tm->tm_year % 100);
+
+    if ( s->has_century )
+    {
+        s->hw.century = get_year(tm->tm_year) / 100;
+        BIN_TO_BCD(s->hw.century);
+    }
 }
 
 static int update_in_progress(RTCState *s)
@@ -663,13 +693,17 @@ static uint32_t rtc_ioport_read(RTCState
     case RTC_DAY_OF_MONTH:
     case RTC_MONTH:
     case RTC_YEAR:
+    case RTC_CENTURY:
         /* if not in set mode, adjust cmos before reading*/
         if (!(s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_REG_B] & RTC_SET))
         {
             s->current_tm = gmtime(get_localtime(d));
             rtc_copy_date(s);
         }
-        ret = s->hw.cmos_data[s->hw.cmos_index];
+        if ( s->hw.cmos_index != RTC_CENTURY )
+            ret = s->hw.cmos_data[s->hw.cmos_index];
+        else
+            ret = s->hw.century;
         break;
     case RTC_REG_A:
         ret = s->hw.cmos_data[s->hw.cmos_index];
@@ -718,7 +752,8 @@ static int cf_check handle_rtc_io(
         *val = 0xff;
         return X86EMUL_OKAY;
     }
-    else if ( vrtc->hw.cmos_index < RTC_CMOS_SIZE )
+    else if ( vrtc->hw.cmos_index < RTC_CMOS_SIZE ||
+              (vrtc->has_century && vrtc->hw.cmos_index == RTC_CENTURY) )
     {
         *val = rtc_ioport_read(vrtc);
         return X86EMUL_OKAY;
@@ -760,6 +795,32 @@ static int cf_check rtc_save(struct vcpu
     return rc;
 }
 
+static int cf_check rtc_check(const struct domain *d, hvm_domain_context_t *h)
+{
+    const struct hvm_save_descriptor *desc =
+        (const struct hvm_save_descriptor *)&h->data[h->cur];
+    struct hvm_hw_rtc s;
+
+    if ( !has_vrtc(d) )
+        return -ENODEV;
+
+    if ( hvm_load_entry_zeroextend(RTC, h, &s) != 0 )
+        return -ENODATA;
+
+    if ( s.pad0 )
+        return -EINVAL;
+
+    for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(s.pad1); ++i )
+        if ( s.pad1[i] )
+            return -EINVAL;
+
+    if ( desc->length >= endof_field(struct hvm_hw_rtc, century) &&
+         ((s.century & 0xf) >= 10 || (s.century >> 4) >= 10) )
+        return -EINVAL;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /* Reload the hardware state from a saved domain */
 static int cf_check rtc_load(struct domain *d, hvm_domain_context_t *h)
 {
@@ -793,12 +854,18 @@ static int cf_check rtc_load(struct doma
     check_update_timer(s);
     alarm_timer_update(s);
 
+    if ( !s->hw.century )
+    {
+        s->has_century = false;
+        s->hw.century = 0;
+    }
+
     spin_unlock(&s->lock);
 
     return 0;
 }
 
-HVM_REGISTER_SAVE_RESTORE(RTC, rtc_save, NULL, rtc_load, 1, HVMSR_PER_DOM);
+HVM_REGISTER_SAVE_RESTORE(RTC, rtc_save, rtc_check, rtc_load, 1, 
HVMSR_PER_DOM);
 
 void rtc_reset(struct domain *d)
 {
@@ -873,6 +940,12 @@ void rtc_init(struct domain *d)
     s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_REG_C] = 0;
     s->hw.cmos_data[RTC_REG_D] = RTC_VRT;
 
+    /*
+     * By default we make the century byte available, unless an incoming save
+     * record says otherwise.
+     */
+    s->has_century = true;
+
     s->current_tm = gmtime(get_localtime(d));
     s->start_time = NOW();
 
--- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/hvm/vpt.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/hvm/vpt.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ typedef struct RTCState {
 
     bool use_timer;
 
+    bool has_century;
+
     spinlock_t lock;
 } RTCState;
 
--- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/mc146818rtc.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/mc146818rtc.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ bool is_cmos_port(unsigned int port, uns
 #define RTC_REG_C               12
 #define RTC_REG_D               13
 
+/* Conventional index used without (and typically also with) ACPI. */
+#define RTC_CENTURY             0x32
+
 /**********************************************************************
  * register details
  **********************************************************************/
--- a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/hvm/save.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/hvm/save.h
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ struct hvm_hw_rtc {
     uint8_t pad0;
     /* RTC offset from host time */
     int64_t rtc_offset;
+    uint8_t century;
+    uint8_t pad1[7];
 };
 
 DECLARE_HVM_SAVE_TYPE(RTC, 11, struct hvm_hw_rtc);




 


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