Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760286AbYFDOcr (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:32:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753170AbYFDOcj (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:32:39 -0400 Received: from gw.goop.org ([64.81.55.164]:47595 "EHLO mail.goop.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751724AbYFDOcj (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:32:39 -0400 Message-ID: <4846A75E.40305@goop.org> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:31:58 +0100 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Dike CC: Andrew Morton , Nix , dhazelton@enter.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] UML - Deal with host time going backwards References: <20080603190235.GA9511@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <20080603123211.e129c222.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <200806031543.56864.dhazelton@enter.net> <878wxmfg99.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> <20080603130709.fcf6a751.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080603210048.GA12182@c2.user-mode-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20080603210048.GA12182@c2.user-mode-linux.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 642 Lines: 19 Jeff Dike wrote: > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 01:07:09PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > >> So if I change the host's time by an hour, the time will not advance at all >> on the guest for the next hour? Sounds suboptimal :) >> > > It is, but if the host is whacked, the guest just has to do the best that > it can... > Shouldn't UML use a monotonic host clock for guest timekeeping? J -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/