linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86/pvclock: add vsyscall implementation

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Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:20:10 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>
CC:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	kurt.hackel@...cle.com, the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@...citrix.com>, zach.brown@...cle.com,
	chris.mason@...cle.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86/pvclock: add	vsyscall	implementation

On 10/27/09 10:29, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> Is there any way for an application to conclusively determine
> programmatically if the "fast vsyscall" pvclock is functional
> vs the much much slower gettimeofday/clock_gettime equivalents?
>
> If not, might it be possible to implement some (sysfs?)
> way to determine this, that would also be backwards compatible
> to existing OS's that don't have pvclock+vsyscall supported?
>   

It would probably be simplest and most portable for the app to just
measure the performance of gettimeofday and see if it meets its needs.

    J
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