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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/time: use correct (local) time stamp in constant-TSC calibration fast path



On 09/06/16 13:01, Jan Beulich wrote:
> This looks like a copy and paste mistake in commit 1b6a99892d ("x86:
> Simpler time handling when TSC is constant across all power saving
> states"), responsible for occasional many-microsecond cross-CPU skew of
> what NOW() returns.
>
> Also improve the correlation between local TSC and stime stamps
> obtained at the end of the two calibration handlers: Compute the stime
> one from the TSC one, instead of doing another rdtsc() for that
> compuation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

That does indeed look like a copy/paste mistake.  I would be tempted to
leave this in -unstable for a while.

~Andrew

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