// Copyright 2018 Google Inc. // // 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 ( "fmt" "time" "gvisor.googlesource.com/gvisor/pkg/log" ) const ( // ApproxUpdateInterval is the approximate interval that parameters // should be updated at. // // Error correction assumes that the next update will occur after this // much time. // // If an update occurs before ApproxUpdateInterval passes, it has no // adverse effect on error correction behavior. // // If an update occurs after ApproxUpdateInterval passes, the clock // will overshoot its error correction target and begin accumulating // error in the other direction. // // If updates occur after more than 2*ApproxUpdateInterval passes, the // clock becomes unstable, accumulating more error than it had // originally. Repeated updates after more than 2*ApproxUpdateInterval // will cause unbounded increases in error. // // These statements assume that the host clock does not change. Actual // error will depend upon host clock changes. // // TODO: make error correction more robust to delayed // updates. ApproxUpdateInterval = 1 * time.Second // MaxClockError is the maximum amount of error that the clocks will // try to correct. // // This limit: // // * Puts a limit on cases of otherwise unbounded increases in error. // // * Avoids unreasonably large frequency adjustments required to // correct large errors over a single update interval. MaxClockError = ReferenceNS(ApproxUpdateInterval) / 4 ) // Parameters are the timekeeping parameters needed to compute the current // time. type Parameters struct { // BaseCycles was the TSC counter value when the time was BaseRef. BaseCycles TSCValue // BaseRef is the reference clock time in nanoseconds corresponding to // BaseCycles. BaseRef ReferenceNS // Frequency is the frequency of the cycle clock in Hertz. Frequency uint64 } // muldiv64 multiplies two 64-bit numbers, then divides the result by another // 64-bit number. // // It requires that the result fit in 64 bits, but doesn't require that // intermediate values do; in particular, the result of the multiplication may // require 128 bits. // // It returns !ok if divisor is zero or the result does not fit in 64 bits. func muldiv64(value, multiplier, divisor uint64) (uint64, bool) // ComputeTime calculates the current time from a "now" TSC value. // // time = ref + (now - base) / f func (p Parameters) ComputeTime(nowCycles TSCValue) (int64, bool) { diffCycles := nowCycles - p.BaseCycles if diffCycles < 0 { log.Warningf("now cycles %v < base cycles %v", nowCycles, p.BaseCycles) diffCycles = 0 } // Overflow "won't ever happen". If diffCycles is the max value // (2^63 - 1), then to overflow, // // frequency <= ((2^63 - 1) * 10^9) / 2^64 = 500Mhz // // A TSC running at 2GHz takes 201 years to reach 2^63-1. 805 years at // 500MHz. diffNS, ok := muldiv64(uint64(diffCycles), uint64(time.Second.Nanoseconds()), p.Frequency) return int64(uint64(p.BaseRef) + diffNS), ok } // errorAdjust returns a new Parameters struct "adjusted" that satisfies: // // 1. adjusted.ComputeTime(now) = prevParams.ComputeTime(now) // * i.e., the current time does not jump. // // 2. adjusted.ComputeTime(TSC at next update) = newParams.ComputeTime(TSC at next update) // * i.e., Any error between prevParams and newParams will be corrected over // the course of the next update period. // // errorAdjust also returns the current clock error. // // Preconditions: // * newParams.BaseCycles >= prevParams.BaseCycles; i.e., TSC must not go // backwards. // * newParams.BaseCycles <= now; i.e., the new parameters be computed at or // before now. func errorAdjust(prevParams Parameters, newParams Parameters, now TSCValue) (Parameters, ReferenceNS, error) { if newParams.BaseCycles < prevParams.BaseCycles { // Oh dear! Something is very wrong. return Parameters{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("TSC went backwards in updated clock params: %v < %v", newParams.BaseCycles, prevParams.BaseCycles) } if newParams.BaseCycles > now { return Parameters{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("parameters contain base cycles later than now: %v > %v", newParams.BaseCycles, now) } intervalNS := int64(ApproxUpdateInterval.Nanoseconds()) nsPerSec := uint64(time.Second.Nanoseconds()) // Current time as computed by prevParams. oldNowNS, ok := prevParams.ComputeTime(now) if !ok { return Parameters{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("old now time computation overflowed. params = %+v, now = %v", prevParams, now) } // We expect the update ticker to run based on this clock (i.e., it has // been using prevParams and will use the returned adjusted // parameters). Hence it will decide to fire intervalNS from the // current (oldNowNS) "now". nextNS := oldNowNS + intervalNS if nextNS <= int64(newParams.BaseRef) { // The next update time already passed before the new // parameters were created! We definitely can't correct the // error by then. return Parameters{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("unable to correct error in single period. oldNowNS = %v, nextNS = %v, p = %v", oldNowNS, nextNS, newParams) } // For what TSC value next will newParams.ComputeTime(next) = nextNS? // // Solve ComputeTime for next: // // next = newParams.Frequency * (nextNS - newParams.BaseRef) + newParams.BaseCycles c, ok := muldiv64(newParams.Frequency, uint64(nextNS-int64(newParams.BaseRef)), nsPerSec) if !ok { return Parameters{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("%v * (%v - %v) / %v overflows", newParams.Frequency, nextNS, newParams.BaseRef, nsPerSec) } cycles := TSCValue(c) next := cycles + newParams.BaseCycles if next <= now { // The next update time already passed now with the new // parameters! We can't correct the error in a single period. return Parameters{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("unable to correct error in single period. oldNowNS = %v, nextNS = %v, now = %v, next = %v", oldNowNS, nextNS, now, next) } // We want to solve for parameters that satisfy: // // adjusted.ComputeTime(now) = oldNowNS // // adjusted.ComputeTime(next) = nextNS // // i.e., the current time does not change, but by the time we reach // next we reach the same time as newParams. // We choose to keep BaseCycles fixed. adjusted := Parameters{ BaseCycles: newParams.BaseCycles, } // We want a slope such that time goes from oldNowNS to nextNS when // we reach next. // // In other words, cycles should increase by next - now in the next // interval. cycles = next - now ns := intervalNS // adjusted.Frequency = cycles / ns adjusted.Frequency, ok = muldiv64(uint64(cycles), nsPerSec, uint64(ns)) if !ok { return Parameters{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("(%v - %v) * %v / %v overflows", next, now, nsPerSec, ns) } // Now choose a base reference such that the current time remains the // same. Note that this is just ComputeTime, solving for BaseRef: // // oldNowNS = BaseRef + (now - BaseCycles) / Frequency // BaseRef = oldNowNS - (now - BaseCycles) / Frequency diffNS, ok := muldiv64(uint64(now-adjusted.BaseCycles), nsPerSec, adjusted.Frequency) if !ok { return Parameters{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("(%v - %v) * %v / %v overflows", now, adjusted.BaseCycles, nsPerSec, adjusted.Frequency) } adjusted.BaseRef = ReferenceNS(oldNowNS - int64(diffNS)) // The error is the difference between the current time and what the // new parameters say the current time should be. newNowNS, ok := newParams.ComputeTime(now) if !ok { return Parameters{}, 0, fmt.Errorf("new now time computation overflowed. params = %+v, now = %v", newParams, now) } errorNS := ReferenceNS(oldNowNS - newNowNS) return adjusted, errorNS, nil } // logErrorAdjustment logs the clock error and associated error correction // frequency adjustment. // // The log level is determined by the error severity. func logErrorAdjustment(clock ClockID, errorNS ReferenceNS, orig, adjusted Parameters) { fn := log.Debugf if int64(errorNS.Magnitude()) > time.Millisecond.Nanoseconds() { fn = log.Warningf } else if int64(errorNS.Magnitude()) > 10*time.Microsecond.Nanoseconds() { fn = log.Infof } fn("Clock(%v): error: %v ns, adjusted frequency from %v Hz to %v Hz", clock, errorNS, orig.Frequency, adjusted.Frequency) }