[Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH] Avoid flooding of PIT interrupts while d

To:	"Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble@xxxxxxxxx>, "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	[Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH] Avoid flooding of PIT interrupts while debugging
From:	"Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:32:08 +0100
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Thread-topic:	[PATCH] Avoid flooding of PIT interrupts while debugging

> This is rebased to the new PIT code now. It has the same 
> logic as earlier. PIT tries to catch up the missed timer 
> ticks by injected all the ticks one by one so that Guest time 
> stays close to the wall clock. 

Ideally, we wouldn't fire the missed ticks in back to back, but spread
them out over the expected time slice. This is likely to interact better
with the guest's internal process scheduler.

Ian

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