[PATCH 8/9] Tell the guest we'll warn it about tsc stability

From: Glauber Costa
Date: Tue May 11 2010 - 12:22:17 EST


This patch puts up the flag that tells the guest that we'll warn it
about the tsc being trustworthy or not. By now, we also say
it is not.
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 5 ++++-
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a51b560..7922401 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -855,6 +855,8 @@ static void kvm_write_guest_time(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
vcpu->hv_clock.system_time = ts.tv_nsec +
(NSEC_PER_SEC * (u64)ts.tv_sec) + v->kvm->arch.kvmclock_offset;

+ vcpu->hv_clock.flags = 0;
+
/*
* The interface expects us to write an even number signaling that the
* update is finished. Since the guest won't see the intermediate
@@ -1983,7 +1985,8 @@ static void do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
case KVM_CPUID_FEATURES:
entry->eax = (1 << KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE) |
(1 << KVM_FEATURE_NOP_IO_DELAY) |
- (1 << KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2);
+ (1 << KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2) |
+ (1 << KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT);
entry->ebx = 0;
entry->ecx = 0;
entry->edx = 0;
--
1.6.2.2

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