linux-kernel - Re: [kvm-devel] include files for kvmclock

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Date:	Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:55:42 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <glommer@...il.com>
CC:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>,
	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, jeremy@...p.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hollisb@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] include files for kvmclock

Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
>> +union kvm_hv_clock {
>> +       struct {
>> +               u64 tsc_mult;
>> +               u64 now_ns;
>> +               /* That's the wall clock, not the water closet */
>> +               u64 wc_sec;
>> +               u64 wc_nsec;
>>     

Do we really need 128-bit time?  you must be planning to live forever.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.

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