Re: [PATCH 1/6] Enable pvclock flags in vcpu_time_info structure

[Avi Kivity]

On 04/26/2010 08:46 PM, Glauber Costa wrote:
> This patch removes one padding byte and transform it into a flags
> field. New versions of guests using pvclock will query these flags
> upon each read.
>
> Flags, however, will only be interpreted when the guest decides to.
> It uses the pvclock_valid_flags function to signal that a specific
> set of flags should be taken into consideration. Which flags are valid
> are usually devised via HV negotiation.
>
>
> +void pvclock_valid_flags(u8 flags);
>    

set_pvclock_valid_flags() (or just set_pvclock_flags? 
pvclock_set_flags()?).  The original name looks like a getter.

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