Re: x86, vmi: TSC going backwards check in vmi clocksource

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Feb 19 2009 - 06:18:53 EST



* Alok Kataria <akataria@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Alok N Kataria <akataria@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Similar to the check for TSC going backwards in the TSC
> clocksource, we also need this check for VMI clocksource.

ok. Precisely what kind of bug/symptoms does this fix?

Ingo
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