linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] xen: add steal

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Message-ID: <573DBEBA.6020208@suse.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 15:25:14 +0200
From:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	sstabellini@...nel.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
	david.vrabel@...rix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xen: add steal_clock support on x86

On 19/05/16 07:43, Juergen Gross wrote:
> The pv_time_ops structure contains a function pointer for the
> "steal_clock" functionality used only by KVM and Xen on ARM. Xen on x86
> uses its own mechanism to account for the "stolen" time a thread wasn't
> able to run due to hypervisor scheduling.
> 
> Add support in Xen arch independent time handling for this feature by
> moving it out of the arm arch into drivers/xen and remove the x86 Xen
> hack.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

After creating an arm cross environment I found a build error on arm.
V3 coming soon.


Juergen