Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753928Ab0DTSyb (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:54:31 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:59496 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752697Ab0DTSy3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:54:29 -0400 Message-ID: <4BCDF85C.3000004@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:54:20 +0300 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100330 Fedora/3.0.4-1.fc12 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge CC: Peter Zijlstra , Glauber Costa , kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Marcelo Tosatti , Zachary Amsden Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Add a global synchronization point for pvclock References: <1271356648-5108-1-git-send-email-glommer@redhat.com> <1271356648-5108-2-git-send-email-glommer@redhat.com> <4BC8CA52.4090703@goop.org> <1271673545.1674.743.camel@laptop> <4BCC3584.1050501@redhat.com> <1271675100.1674.818.camel@laptop> <4BCC3A3E.9070909@redhat.com> <20100419142158.GD14158@mothafucka.localdomain> <4BCC69D5.3050209@redhat.com> <1271688411.1488.248.camel@laptop> <4BCC8246.9040202@goop.org> <4BCD748E.7080007@redhat.com> <4BCDF12C.1020702@goop.org> In-Reply-To: <4BCDF12C.1020702@goop.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; 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: 745 Lines: 21 On 04/20/2010 09:23 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > On 04/20/2010 02:31 AM, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> btw, do you want this code in pvclock.c, or shall we keep it kvmclock >> specific? >> > I think its a pvclock-level fix. I'd been hoping to avoid having > something like this, but I think its ultimately necessary. > Did you observe drift on Xen, or is this "ultimately" pointing at the future? -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. -- 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/