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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 7/10] linux 2.6.18: time handling

To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 7/10] linux 2.6.18: time handling
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:20:51 +0000
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On 5/3/07 15:09, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> ... and independent_wallclock probably stops working.
> 
> We didn't notice any malfunction in time handling so far (which included the
> released SuSE 10.2) - how would you expect such a problem to surface?

For example, settimeofday() will not be ignored for ordinary domUs. Also
settimeofday() calls in dom0 will not immediately propagate their effect to
other domains (but should happen during the once-per-minute wallclock
propagation to Xen). Small-ish but potentially annoying issues.

 -- Keir


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