linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] x86/hyper-v: add a function to read both TSC and TSC page value simulateneously

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Date:   Sun, 14 Jan 2018 21:35:27 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        "Michael Kelley (EOSG)" <Michael.H.Kelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Mohammed Gamal <mmorsy@...hat.com>,
        Cathy Avery <cavery@...hat.com>,
        Roman Kagan <rkagan@...tuozzo.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] x86/hyper-v: add a function to read both TSC and
 TSC page value simulateneously

On Wed, 13 Dec 2017, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:

> This is going to be used from KVM code where we need to get both
> TSC and TSC page value.
> 
> When Hyper-V code is compiled out just return rdtsc(), this will allow us
> to avoid ugly ifdefs in non-Hyper-V code.

That's not what the patch implements....

> +static inline u64 hv_read_tsc_page_tsc(const struct ms_hyperv_tsc_page *tsc_pg,
> +				       u64 *cur_tsc)
> +{
> +	BUG();
> +	return U64_MAX;
> +}

Thanks,

	tglx