linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] UML - Deal with host time going backwards

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Date:	Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:37:15 -0400
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Nix <nix@...eri.org.uk>,
	dhazelton@...er.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] UML - Deal with host time going backwards

On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 03:31:58PM +0100, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Shouldn't UML use a monotonic host clock for guest timekeeping?

Indeed, Eric pointed out the posix timers, which I had forgotten
about.  On the face of it, a monotonic timer should do the trick, but
it's not obvious how to get it to behave like a monotonic
gettimeofday...

				Jeff

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