linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/17] Add TSC offset tracking

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Message-ID: <4C173D76.3070504@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:44:38 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Zachary Amsden <zamsden@...hat.com>
CC:	mtosatti@...hat.com, glommer@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/17] Add TSC offset tracking

On 06/15/2010 10:34 AM, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Track the last TSC offset set for each VM and ensure that the storing of
> the offset and the reading of the TSC are never preempted by taking a
> spinlock.
>
>    

Totally missing the point - tsc is per vcpu, why do we need per-vm tracking?

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