Re: [PATCH 7/10] linux 2.6.18: time handling

[Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>]

On 5/3/07 11:17, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com> wrote:

> Remove struct timer_opts left-overs, add a Xen clocksource, and adjust
> conditionals for x86-64.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>

The other issue afaics is that the clocksource simply does raw reads of the
TSC, subsequently scaled by cpu_khz. This isn't very accurate and will cause
horrible problems if some CPUs enter power-saving modes (not explicitly
supported yet, but can happen due to auto thermal throttling) or on bigger
systems where TSCs may not be driven from the same mainboard clock (and
hence will drift).

I think Jeremy Fitzhardinge has an alternative clocksource patch which iirc
is more in line with how Xen time works (should advertise a GHz frequency
clocksource, and do scaling of the TSC value according to time-record values
read from shared_info). Having thought about this some more I think
clocksource support is worth getting into our tree, but let's look at both
available patches and decide which is the better basis for further work.

Jeremy: If I'm not mistaken and you do have a patch floating around, could
you post it?

 Thanks,
 Keir