Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] KVM-GST: KVM Steal time registration

Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-31T11:11:37Z

On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 14:52 -0500, Glauber Costa wrote:
> + /*
> + * using nanoseconds introduces noise, which accumulates easily
> + * leading to big steal time values. We want, however, to keep the
> + * interface nanosecond-based for future-proofness. The hypervisor may
> + * adopt a similar strategy, but we can't rely on that.
> + */
> + delta /= NSEC_PER_MSEC;
> + delta *= NSEC_PER_MSEC;

I really doubt that claim..