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

[Avi Kivity]

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.

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