Re: [patch 3/3] PTP: add kvm PTP driver
From: Marcelo Tosatti
Date: Mon Jan 16 2017 - 14:38:15 EST
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 07:01:48PM +0100, Radim Krcmar wrote:
> > Sorry the clock difference is 10ns now. So the guest clock is off by _10 ns_
> > of the host clock.
>
> That is pretty good.
Yes.
> > You are suggesting to use getcrosststamp instead, to drop the (rdtsc() -
> > guest_tsc) part ?
>
> Yes, it results in simpler code, doesn't create dependency on the
> dreaded kvmclock, and is the best we can currently do wrt. precision.
Sorry, unless i am misunderstanding how this works, it'll get the guest clock
2us behind, which is something not wanted.
Miroslav, if ->gettime64 returns the host realtime at 2us in the past,
this means Chrony will sync the guest clock to
host realtime - 2us
Is that correct?