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Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] [PATCH] use "reliable" tsc properly when available

To: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Xen-Devel (E-mail)" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] [PATCH] use "reliable" tsc properly when available, but verify
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:03:15 +0100
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On 29/09/2009 19:45, "Dan Magenheimer" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> But I could certainly code the patch to just "measure
> and report" for now and we could revisit Xen's use of
> write_tsc at a later time if that's your preference.
> 
> I definitely have more patches in mind for pvrdtsc but
> may not get back to them for a few weeks, so was
> hoping to validate tsc reliability on some machines
> in the meantime.

Who's actually going to go looking for this data in their logs and report it
to you? I think we should leave this until plans are more fully formed.

 -- Keir



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