Re: [PATCH 1/5] Add a global synchronization point for pvclock

[Avi Kivity]

On 04/19/2010 09:35 PM, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> > > > Sockets and boards too?  (IOW, how reliable is TSC_RELIABLE)?
> > > Not sure, IIRC we clear that when the TSC sync test fails, eg when we
> > > mark the tsc clocksource unusable.
> >
> > Worrying.  By the time we detect this the guest may already have 
> > gotten confused by clocks going backwards.
>
>
> Upstream, we are marking the TSC unstable preemptively when hardware 
> which will eventually sync test is detected, so this should be fine.

ENOPARSE?

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