linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4] xen: add steal

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Message-ID: <57695478.502@citrix.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:51:36 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<peterz@...radead.org>, <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	<sstabellini@...nel.org>, <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4] xen: add steal_clock support on x86

On 20/05/16 08:26, 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.

Applied for-linus-4.8, thanks.

David