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xen-devel
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] x86/pvclock-xen: zero last_value on resume
 
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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] x86/pvclock-xen: zero last_value on resume | 
 
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> | 
 
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Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:53:18 -0700 | 
 
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"Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	kvm-devel <kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@xxxxxxxxxx>,	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Linux Virtualization <virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Olivier Hanesse <olivier.hanesse@xxxxxxxxx>,	Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> | 
 
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 On 10/26/2010 10:48 AM, Glauber Costa wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 09:59 -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> If the guest domain has been suspend/resumed or migrated, then the
>> system clock backing the pvclock clocksource may revert to a smaller
>> value (ie, can be non-monotonic across the migration/save-restore).
>> Make sure we zero last_value in that case so that the domain
>> continues to see clock updates.
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>> [ I don't know if kvm needs an analogous fix or not. ]
> After migration, save/restore, etc, we issue an ioctl where we tell
> the host the last clock value. That (in theory) guarantees monotonicity.
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> I am not opposed to this patch in any way, however.
Thanks.
HPA, do you want to take this, or shall I send it on?
Thanks,
    J
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