linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 6/7] x86/paravirt: add active_sched_clock to pv_time

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1806200110370.10546@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 20 Jun 2018 01:13:13 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 6/7] x86/paravirt: add active_sched_clock to
 pv_time_ops

On Fri, 15 Jun 2018, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> Early boot clock might differ from the clock that is used later on,
> therefore add a new field to pv_time_ops, that shows currently active
> clock. If platform supports early boot clock, this field will be changed
> to use that clock early in boot, and later will be replaced with the
> permanent clock.

I'm not seeing why this is required. If a hypervisor provides a
sched_clock() override then it's not the kernels problem to make sure that
it is usable.

Thanks,

	tglx