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authorMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2013-05-10 03:21:41 +0400
committerGleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>2013-05-15 21:36:09 +0400
commit0061d53daf26ff713ab43ab84ae5c44b5edbefa9 (patch)
treec9b86974498fb39210c355171c01afbae513bb59 /include/linux/kvm_host.h
parentf1ed0450a5fac7067590317cbf027f566b6ccbca (diff)
downloadlinux-0061d53daf26ff713ab43ab84ae5c44b5edbefa9.tar.xz
KVM: x86: limit difference between kvmclock updates
kvmclock updates which are isolated to a given vcpu, such as vcpu->cpu migration, should not allow system_timestamp from the rest of the vcpus to remain static. Otherwise ntp frequency correction applies to one vcpu's system_timestamp but not the others. So in those cases, request a kvmclock update for all vcpus. The worst case for a remote vcpu to update its kvmclock is then bounded by maximum nohz sleep latency. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kvm_host.h')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index f0eea07d2c2b..d9a3c30eab2e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static inline bool is_error_page(struct page *page)
#define KVM_REQ_MCLOCK_INPROGRESS 19
#define KVM_REQ_EPR_EXIT 20
#define KVM_REQ_SCAN_IOAPIC 21
+#define KVM_REQ_GLOBAL_CLOCK_UPDATE 22
#define KVM_USERSPACE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID 0
#define KVM_IRQFD_RESAMPLE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID 1