Re: [PATCH 6/6] don't compute pvclock adjustments if we trust the tsc

From: Glauber Costa
Date: Tue Apr 27 2010 - 14:58:00 EST


On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 09:03:55PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 04/27/2010 04:40 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> >On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 01:46:28PM -0400, Glauber Costa wrote:
> >>If the HV told us we can fully trust the TSC, skip any
> >>correction
> >>
> >Please drop this. Its not certain what is the best method to reduce
> >contention on the global variable. Whatever it is, can be done later.
> >
>
> The problem is lead time. If we (or the cpu vendors) fix this in
> the hypervisor/processors in a year, then we want existing guests to
> take advantage of it immediately.
100 % Agreed.
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