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Message-ID: <4BCC829A.6000803@goop.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:19:38 -0700
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To: Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com>
CC: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, avi@...hat.com,
Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
Zachary Amsden <zamsden@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Add a global synchronization point for pvclock
On 04/19/2010 07:26 AM, Glauber Costa wrote:
>> Is the problem that the tscs are starting out of sync, or that they're
>> drifting relative to each other over time? Do the problems become worse
>> the longer the uptime? How large are the offsets we're talking about here?
>>
> The offsets usually seem pretty small, under a microsecond. So I don't think
> it has anything to do with tscs starting out of sync. Specially because the
> delta-based calculation has the exact purpose of handling that case.
>
So you think they're drifting out of sync from an initially synced
state? If so, what would bound the drift?
J
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