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Re: [PATCH v4 07/10] KVM: x86: remove not used pvclock_gtod_copy

From Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v4 07/10] KVM: x86: remove not used pvclock_gtod_copy
Date 2017-08-03 14:40 +0200
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On 03/08/2017 01:21, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>> -	if (ka->use_master_clock ||
>> -	    (gtod->clock.vclock_mode == VCLOCK_TSC && vcpus_matched))
>> +	if (ka->use_master_clock || vcpus_matched)
>>  		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MASTERCLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu);
> Don't drop this. The masterclock scheme requires TSC for proper functioning 
> (or an analysis why its supposed with different HPET+TSC, for example).

I think testing gtod->clock.vclock_mode is just an optimization?
kvm_get_time_and_clockread would return false anyway and masterclock
would not be enabled.

Paolo

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[PATCH v4 00/10] make L2's kvm-clock stable, get rid of pvclock_gtod_copy in KVM Denis Plotnikov <dplotnikov@virtuozzo.com> - 2017-08-02 17:00 +0200
  [PATCH v4 10/10] kvmclock: implement the extended reading function Denis Plotnikov <dplotnikov@virtuozzo.com> - 2017-08-02 17:00 +0200
  [PATCH v4 07/10] KVM: x86: remove not used pvclock_gtod_copy Denis Plotnikov <dplotnikov@virtuozzo.com> - 2017-08-02 17:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 07/10] KVM: x86: remove not used pvclock_gtod_copy Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> - 2017-08-03 01:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v4 07/10] KVM: x86: remove not used pvclock_gtod_copy Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-08-03 14:40 +0200
  [PATCH v4 09/10] pvclock: add clocksource change notification on changing of tsc stable bit Denis Plotnikov <dplotnikov@virtuozzo.com> - 2017-08-02 17:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 09/10] pvclock: add clocksource change notification on  changing of tsc stable bit Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> - 2017-08-03 01:40 +0200
  [PATCH v4 06/10] timekeeper: add clocksource change notifier Denis Plotnikov <dplotnikov@virtuozzo.com> - 2017-08-02 17:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] make L2's kvm-clock stable, get rid of  pvclock_gtod_copy in KVM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-08-02 18:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] make L2's kvm-clock stable, get rid of  pvclock_gtod_copy in KVM John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2017-08-02 18:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] make L2's kvm-clock stable, get rid of  pvclock_gtod_copy in KVM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-08-02 19:20 +0200

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