Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH V4 0/6] icount: Implement delay algorithm between guest and host clocks

[Sebastian Tanase]

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> De: "Paolo Bonzini" <address@hidden>
> À: "Sebastian Tanase" <address@hidden>
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> Envoyé: Mardi 22 Juillet 2014 17:22:18
> Objet: Re: [RFC PATCH V4 0/6] icount: Implement delay algorithm between guest 
> and host clocks
> 
> Il 22/07/2014 17:17, Sebastian Tanase ha scritto:
> >> > That's a bug to fix indeed, then---it should count up from 0
> >> > without
> >> > icount, and icount shouldn't affect this.  Thanks for
> >> > investigating
> >> > it.
> > Just to be sure I don't missunderstand, when you say "without
> > icount"
> > you refer to qemu_icount_bias (aka when the vcpu is inactive),
> > right?
> 
> No, I mean without "-icount", i.e. when QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL is just
> nanoseconds.
> 
> Paolo
> 

When not using "-icount" everything is fine because QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL 
is based on the real clock and the offset; qemu_icount_bias  
doesn't come into play. So the vm_clock_warp_start fix is only for the case 
where we use "-icount".

Sebastian