linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] KVM: x86: initialize kvmclock

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Date:   Fri, 2 Sep 2016 16:32:11 +0300
From:   Roman Kagan <rkagan@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <peterhornyack@...gle.com>, <rkrcmar@...hat.com>, <den@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] KVM: x86: initialize kvmclock_offset

On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 05:26:13PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Make the guest's kvmclock count up from zero, not from the host boot
> time.  The guest cannot rely on that anyway because it changes on
> migration, the numbers are easier on the eye and finally it matches the
> desired semantics of the Hyper-V time reference counter.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Reviewed-by: Roman Kagan <rkagan@...tuozzo.com>