From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3iAC-00051q-Uw for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:51:44 -0700 Received: from out01.mta.xmission.com ([166.70.13.231]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1K3iAB-0006HO-M0 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:51:44 -0700 From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) References: <20080603190235.GA9511@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <20080603123211.e129c222.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <200806031543.56864.dhazelton@enter.net> <878wxmfg99.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> <20080603130709.fcf6a751.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080603210048.GA12182@c2.user-mode-linux.org> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:50:49 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20080603210048.GA12182@c2.user-mode-linux.org> (Jeff Dike's message of "Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:00:48 -0400") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 1/6] UML - Deal with host time going backwards List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Jeff Dike Cc: Nix , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, dhazelton@enter.net Jeff Dike writes: > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 01:07:09PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: >> So if I change the host's time by an hour, the time will not advance at all >> on the guest for the next hour? Sounds suboptimal :) > > It is, but if the host is whacked, the guest just has to do the best that > it can... Could using a CLOCK_MONOTONIC time source fix this? Those timers do not change when we change the time on the host. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel