linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix kvmclock breakage from timers branch merge

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Date:	Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:15:57 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix kvmclock breakage from timers branch merge

Il 04/09/2014 20:16, Chris J Arges ha scritto:
>> +	boot_ns = timespec_to_ns(&tk->total_sleep_time)
>> +		+ tk->wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec * (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC
>> +		+ tk->wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec
>> +		+ tk->xtime_sec * (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC;

So this means that the above 3.16-based code is not the same as

        boot_ns = ktime_to_ns(ktime_add(tk->tkr.base_mono, tk->offs_boot));

in 3.17.  Everything else in the patch you tested is the same as the
code that is in 3.17, so that's a start.

Paolo
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