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

From: Glauber Costa
Date: Tue Apr 27 2010 - 15:09:39 EST


On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 09:07:18PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> 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.
Ok, will change it.
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