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* [PATCH] PcAtChipsetPkg AcpiTimerLib: Wait 363 ACPI timer counts to get TSC Freq
@ 2016-08-17  2:26 Star Zeng
  2016-08-17 10:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
  2016-08-17 15:49 ` Kinney, Michael D
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Star Zeng @ 2016-08-17  2:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: edk2-devel
  Cc: Star Zeng, Michael D Kinney, Liming Gao, Paolo Bonzini,
	Paul A Lohr

Compute the number of ticks to wait to measure TSC frequency.
Instead of (ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000) = 357 and 357 * 10000 = 3570000,
use 363 * 9861 = 3579543 Hz which is within 2 Hz of ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY.
363 counts is a calibration time of 101.4 uS.

The idea comes from Michael and Paolo.

Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul A Lohr <paul.a.lohr@intel.com>
Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
Signed-off-by: Star Zeng <star.zeng@intel.com>
---
 PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c | 32 +++++++++++++---------
 .../Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c        | 14 +++++-----
 .../Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c         | 14 +++++-----
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
index e6fea231123d..020031e3f4a5 100644
--- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
+++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
@@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ GetTimeInNanoSecond (
   Calculate TSC frequency.
 
   The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
-  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
-  used because it counts at a known frequency.
-  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
-  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
-  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
-  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
-  made to determine and compensate for this error.
+  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
+  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
+  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
+  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
+  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
+  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
+  compensate for this error.
 
   @return The number of TSC counts per second.
 
@@ -366,22 +366,28 @@ InternalCalculateTscFrequency (
   InterruptState = SaveAndDisableInterrupts ();
 
   TimerAddr = InternalAcpiGetAcpiTimerIoPort ();
-  Ticks = IoRead32 (TimerAddr) + (ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000);    // Set Ticks to 100us in the future
+  //
+  // Compute the number of ticks to wait to measure TSC frequency.
+  // Use 363 * 9861 = 3579543 Hz which is within 2 Hz of ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY.
+  // 363 counts is a calibration time of 101.4 uS.
+  //
+  Ticks = IoRead32 (TimerAddr) + 363;
 
   StartTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                         // Get base value for the TSC
   //
-  // Wait until the ACPI timer has counted 100us.
+  // Wait until the ACPI timer has counted 101.4 us.
   // Timer wrap-arounds are handled correctly by this function.
-  // When the current ACPI timer value is greater than 'Ticks', the while loop will exit.
+  // When the current ACPI timer value is greater than 'Ticks',
+  // the while loop will exit.
   //
   while (((Ticks - IoRead32 (TimerAddr)) & BIT23) == 0) {
     CpuPause();
   }
-  EndTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                           // TSC value 100us later
+  EndTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                           // TSC value 101.4 us later
 
   TscFrequency = MultU64x32 (
-                   (EndTSC - StartTSC),                             // Number of TSC counts in 100us
-                   10000                                            // Number of 100us in a second
+                   (EndTSC - StartTSC),                             // Number of TSC counts in 101.4 us
+                   9861                                             // Number of 101.4 us in a second
                    );
 
   SetInterruptState (InterruptState);
diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
index 8819ebcfccef..29521f8b220b 100644
--- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
+++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   Calculate TSC frequency.
 
   The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
-  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
-  used because it counts at a known frequency.
-  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
-  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
-  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
-  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
-  made to determine and compensate for this error.
+  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
+  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
+  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
+  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
+  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
+  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
+  compensate for this error.
 
   @return The number of TSC counts per second.
 
diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
index 7f7b0f8f6294..b141c680fb82 100644
--- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
+++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   Calculate TSC frequency.
 
   The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
-  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
-  used because it counts at a known frequency.
-  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
-  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
-  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
-  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
-  made to determine and compensate for this error.
+  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
+  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
+  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
+  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
+  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
+  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
+  compensate for this error.
 
   @return The number of TSC counts per second.
 
-- 
2.7.0.windows.1



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* Re: [PATCH] PcAtChipsetPkg AcpiTimerLib: Wait 363 ACPI timer counts to get TSC Freq
  2016-08-17  2:26 [PATCH] PcAtChipsetPkg AcpiTimerLib: Wait 363 ACPI timer counts to get TSC Freq Star Zeng
@ 2016-08-17 10:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
  2016-08-17 15:47   ` Kinney, Michael D
  2016-08-17 15:49 ` Kinney, Michael D
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Paolo Bonzini @ 2016-08-17 10:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Star Zeng, edk2-devel; +Cc: Michael D Kinney, Liming Gao



On 17/08/2016 04:26, Star Zeng wrote:
> Compute the number of ticks to wait to measure TSC frequency.
> Instead of (ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000) = 357 and 357 * 10000 = 3570000,
> use 363 * 9861 = 3579543 Hz which is within 2 Hz of ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY.
> 363 counts is a calibration time of 101.4 uS.
> 
> The idea comes from Michael and Paolo.
> 
> Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Paul A Lohr <paul.a.lohr@intel.com>
> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
> Signed-off-by: Star Zeng <star.zeng@intel.com>
> ---
>  PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c | 32 +++++++++++++---------
>  .../Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c        | 14 +++++-----
>  .../Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c         | 14 +++++-----
>  3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> index e6fea231123d..020031e3f4a5 100644
> --- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> +++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> @@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ GetTimeInNanoSecond (
>    Calculate TSC frequency.
>  
>    The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
> -  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
> -  used because it counts at a known frequency.
> -  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
> -  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
> -  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
> -  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
> -  made to determine and compensate for this error.
> +  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
> +  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
> +  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
> +  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
> +  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
> +  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
> +  compensate for this error.
>  
>    @return The number of TSC counts per second.
>  
> @@ -366,22 +366,28 @@ InternalCalculateTscFrequency (
>    InterruptState = SaveAndDisableInterrupts ();
>  
>    TimerAddr = InternalAcpiGetAcpiTimerIoPort ();
> -  Ticks = IoRead32 (TimerAddr) + (ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000);    // Set Ticks to 100us in the future
> +  //
> +  // Compute the number of ticks to wait to measure TSC frequency.
> +  // Use 363 * 9861 = 3579543 Hz which is within 2 Hz of ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY.
> +  // 363 counts is a calibration time of 101.4 uS.
> +  //
> +  Ticks = IoRead32 (TimerAddr) + 363;
>  
>    StartTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                         // Get base value for the TSC
>    //
> -  // Wait until the ACPI timer has counted 100us.
> +  // Wait until the ACPI timer has counted 101.4 us.
>    // Timer wrap-arounds are handled correctly by this function.
> -  // When the current ACPI timer value is greater than 'Ticks', the while loop will exit.
> +  // When the current ACPI timer value is greater than 'Ticks',
> +  // the while loop will exit.
>    //
>    while (((Ticks - IoRead32 (TimerAddr)) & BIT23) == 0) {
>      CpuPause();
>    }
> -  EndTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                           // TSC value 100us later
> +  EndTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                           // TSC value 101.4 us later
>  
>    TscFrequency = MultU64x32 (
> -                   (EndTSC - StartTSC),                             // Number of TSC counts in 100us
> -                   10000                                            // Number of 100us in a second
> +                   (EndTSC - StartTSC),                             // Number of TSC counts in 101.4 us
> +                   9861                                             // Number of 101.4 us in a second
>                     );
>  
>    SetInterruptState (InterruptState);
> diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> index 8819ebcfccef..29521f8b220b 100644
> --- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> +++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
>    Calculate TSC frequency.
>  
>    The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
> -  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
> -  used because it counts at a known frequency.
> -  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
> -  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
> -  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
> -  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
> -  made to determine and compensate for this error.
> +  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
> +  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
> +  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
> +  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
> +  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
> +  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
> +  compensate for this error.
>  
>    @return The number of TSC counts per second.
>  
> diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> index 7f7b0f8f6294..b141c680fb82 100644
> --- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> +++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
>    Calculate TSC frequency.
>  
>    The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
> -  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
> -  used because it counts at a known frequency.
> -  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
> -  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
> -  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
> -  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
> -  made to determine and compensate for this error.
> +  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
> +  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
> +  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
> +  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
> +  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
> +  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
> +  compensate for this error.
>  
>    @return The number of TSC counts per second.
>  
> 

Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

On top of this you can add the logic to wait for the beginning of a tick
before calling rdtsc.

Paolo


^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH] PcAtChipsetPkg AcpiTimerLib: Wait 363 ACPI timer counts to get TSC Freq
  2016-08-17 10:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
@ 2016-08-17 15:47   ` Kinney, Michael D
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Kinney, Michael D @ 2016-08-17 15:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paolo Bonzini, Zeng, Star, edk2-devel@lists.01.org,
	Kinney, Michael D
  Cc: Gao, Liming

Hi Paolo,

We did some experiments to wait for the next ACPI Timer tick, and they did 
not improve the results.

On real HW, the I/O Port read of the ACPI Timer takes ~1 uS, and an ACPI Timer
tick is about 0.25 uS, so the action to read the counter takes 4 times longer
than a single count.

If the I/O port read was much faster than the tick period, then adding the loop
would make sense.

Mike



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paolo Bonzini [mailto:paolo.bonzini@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Paolo Bonzini
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:31 AM
> To: Zeng, Star <star.zeng@intel.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Cc: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Gao, Liming
> <liming.gao@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH] PcAtChipsetPkg AcpiTimerLib: Wait 363 ACPI timer counts
> to get TSC Freq
> 
> 
> 
> On 17/08/2016 04:26, Star Zeng wrote:
> > Compute the number of ticks to wait to measure TSC frequency.
> > Instead of (ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000) = 357 and 357 * 10000 = 3570000,
> > use 363 * 9861 = 3579543 Hz which is within 2 Hz of ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY.
> > 363 counts is a calibration time of 101.4 uS.
> >
> > The idea comes from Michael and Paolo.
> >
> > Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> > Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>
> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Paul A Lohr <paul.a.lohr@intel.com>
> > Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
> > Signed-off-by: Star Zeng <star.zeng@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c | 32 +++++++++++++---------
> >  .../Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c        | 14 +++++-----
> >  .../Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c         | 14 +++++-----
> >  3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> > index e6fea231123d..020031e3f4a5 100644
> > --- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> > +++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> > @@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ GetTimeInNanoSecond (
> >    Calculate TSC frequency.
> >
> >    The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
> > -  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
> > -  used because it counts at a known frequency.
> > -  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
> > -  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
> > -  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
> > -  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
> > -  made to determine and compensate for this error.
> > +  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
> > +  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
> > +  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
> > +  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
> > +  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
> > +  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
> > +  compensate for this error.
> >
> >    @return The number of TSC counts per second.
> >
> > @@ -366,22 +366,28 @@ InternalCalculateTscFrequency (
> >    InterruptState = SaveAndDisableInterrupts ();
> >
> >    TimerAddr = InternalAcpiGetAcpiTimerIoPort ();
> > -  Ticks = IoRead32 (TimerAddr) + (ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000);    // Set Ticks
> to 100us in the future
> > +  //
> > +  // Compute the number of ticks to wait to measure TSC frequency.
> > +  // Use 363 * 9861 = 3579543 Hz which is within 2 Hz of ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY.
> > +  // 363 counts is a calibration time of 101.4 uS.
> > +  //
> > +  Ticks = IoRead32 (TimerAddr) + 363;
> >
> >    StartTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                         // Get base
> value for the TSC
> >    //
> > -  // Wait until the ACPI timer has counted 100us.
> > +  // Wait until the ACPI timer has counted 101.4 us.
> >    // Timer wrap-arounds are handled correctly by this function.
> > -  // When the current ACPI timer value is greater than 'Ticks', the while loop
> will exit.
> > +  // When the current ACPI timer value is greater than 'Ticks',
> > +  // the while loop will exit.
> >    //
> >    while (((Ticks - IoRead32 (TimerAddr)) & BIT23) == 0) {
> >      CpuPause();
> >    }
> > -  EndTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                           // TSC value
> 100us later
> > +  EndTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                           // TSC value
> 101.4 us later
> >
> >    TscFrequency = MultU64x32 (
> > -                   (EndTSC - StartTSC),                             // Number of
> TSC counts in 100us
> > -                   10000                                            // Number of
> 100us in a second
> > +                   (EndTSC - StartTSC),                             // Number of
> TSC counts in 101.4 us
> > +                   9861                                             // Number of
> 101.4 us in a second
> >                     );
> >
> >    SetInterruptState (InterruptState);
> > diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> > index 8819ebcfccef..29521f8b220b 100644
> > --- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> > +++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> > @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
> >    Calculate TSC frequency.
> >
> >    The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
> > -  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
> > -  used because it counts at a known frequency.
> > -  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
> > -  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
> > -  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
> > -  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
> > -  made to determine and compensate for this error.
> > +  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
> > +  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
> > +  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
> > +  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
> > +  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
> > +  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
> > +  compensate for this error.
> >
> >    @return The number of TSC counts per second.
> >
> > diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> > index 7f7b0f8f6294..b141c680fb82 100644
> > --- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> > +++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> > @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
> >    Calculate TSC frequency.
> >
> >    The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
> > -  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
> > -  used because it counts at a known frequency.
> > -  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
> > -  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
> > -  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
> > -  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
> > -  made to determine and compensate for this error.
> > +  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
> > +  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
> > +  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
> > +  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
> > +  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
> > +  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
> > +  compensate for this error.
> >
> >    @return The number of TSC counts per second.
> >
> >
> 
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> 
> On top of this you can add the logic to wait for the beginning of a tick
> before calling rdtsc.
> 
> Paolo


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* Re: [PATCH] PcAtChipsetPkg AcpiTimerLib: Wait 363 ACPI timer counts to get TSC Freq
  2016-08-17  2:26 [PATCH] PcAtChipsetPkg AcpiTimerLib: Wait 363 ACPI timer counts to get TSC Freq Star Zeng
  2016-08-17 10:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
@ 2016-08-17 15:49 ` Kinney, Michael D
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From: Kinney, Michael D @ 2016-08-17 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zeng, Star, edk2-devel@lists.01.org, Kinney, Michael D
  Cc: Gao, Liming, Paolo Bonzini, Lohr, Paul A

Reviewed-by: Michael Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zeng, Star
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 7:27 PM
> To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Cc: Zeng, Star <star.zeng@intel.com>; Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>;
> Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>; Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>; Lohr, Paul A
> <paul.a.lohr@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] PcAtChipsetPkg AcpiTimerLib: Wait 363 ACPI timer counts to get TSC
> Freq
> 
> Compute the number of ticks to wait to measure TSC frequency.
> Instead of (ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000) = 357 and 357 * 10000 = 3570000,
> use 363 * 9861 = 3579543 Hz which is within 2 Hz of ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY.
> 363 counts is a calibration time of 101.4 uS.
> 
> The idea comes from Michael and Paolo.
> 
> Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao@intel.com>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Paul A Lohr <paul.a.lohr@intel.com>
> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
> Signed-off-by: Star Zeng <star.zeng@intel.com>
> ---
>  PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c | 32 +++++++++++++---------
>  .../Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c        | 14 +++++-----
>  .../Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c         | 14 +++++-----
>  3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> index e6fea231123d..020031e3f4a5 100644
> --- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> +++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/AcpiTimerLib.c
> @@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ GetTimeInNanoSecond (
>    Calculate TSC frequency.
> 
>    The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
> -  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
> -  used because it counts at a known frequency.
> -  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
> -  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
> -  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
> -  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
> -  made to determine and compensate for this error.
> +  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
> +  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
> +  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
> +  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
> +  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
> +  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
> +  compensate for this error.
> 
>    @return The number of TSC counts per second.
> 
> @@ -366,22 +366,28 @@ InternalCalculateTscFrequency (
>    InterruptState = SaveAndDisableInterrupts ();
> 
>    TimerAddr = InternalAcpiGetAcpiTimerIoPort ();
> -  Ticks = IoRead32 (TimerAddr) + (ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000);    // Set Ticks to
> 100us in the future
> +  //
> +  // Compute the number of ticks to wait to measure TSC frequency.
> +  // Use 363 * 9861 = 3579543 Hz which is within 2 Hz of ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY.
> +  // 363 counts is a calibration time of 101.4 uS.
> +  //
> +  Ticks = IoRead32 (TimerAddr) + 363;
> 
>    StartTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                         // Get base
> value for the TSC
>    //
> -  // Wait until the ACPI timer has counted 100us.
> +  // Wait until the ACPI timer has counted 101.4 us.
>    // Timer wrap-arounds are handled correctly by this function.
> -  // When the current ACPI timer value is greater than 'Ticks', the while loop will
> exit.
> +  // When the current ACPI timer value is greater than 'Ticks',
> +  // the while loop will exit.
>    //
>    while (((Ticks - IoRead32 (TimerAddr)) & BIT23) == 0) {
>      CpuPause();
>    }
> -  EndTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                           // TSC value
> 100us later
> +  EndTSC = AsmReadTsc ();                                           // TSC value
> 101.4 us later
> 
>    TscFrequency = MultU64x32 (
> -                   (EndTSC - StartTSC),                             // Number of TSC
> counts in 100us
> -                   10000                                            // Number of
> 100us in a second
> +                   (EndTSC - StartTSC),                             // Number of TSC
> counts in 101.4 us
> +                   9861                                             // Number of
> 101.4 us in a second
>                     );
> 
>    SetInterruptState (InterruptState);
> diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> index 8819ebcfccef..29521f8b220b 100644
> --- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> +++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/BaseAcpiTimerLib.c
> @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
>    Calculate TSC frequency.
> 
>    The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
> -  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
> -  used because it counts at a known frequency.
> -  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
> -  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
> -  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
> -  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
> -  made to determine and compensate for this error.
> +  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
> +  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
> +  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
> +  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
> +  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
> +  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
> +  compensate for this error.
> 
>    @return The number of TSC counts per second.
> 
> diff --git a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> index 7f7b0f8f6294..b141c680fb82 100644
> --- a/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> +++ b/PcAtChipsetPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib/DxeAcpiTimerLib.c
> @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
>    Calculate TSC frequency.
> 
>    The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
> -  during a 100us period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
> -  used because it counts at a known frequency.
> -  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for ACPI_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 10000
> -  clocks of the ACPI timer, or 100us. The TSC is then sampled again. The
> -  difference multiplied by 10000 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small
> -  error because of the overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is
> -  made to determine and compensate for this error.
> +  during a 101.4 us period as determined by the ACPI timer.
> +  The ACPI timer is used because it counts at a known frequency.
> +  The TSC is sampled, followed by waiting 363 counts of the ACPI timer,
> +  or 101.4 us. The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by
> +  9861 is the TSC frequency. There will be a small error because of the
> +  overhead of reading the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and
> +  compensate for this error.
> 
>    @return The number of TSC counts per second.
> 
> --
> 2.7.0.windows.1



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