Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/xen
To: None <jld@netbsd.org>
From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: source-changes
Date: 03/18/2006 17:39:03
> Module Name: src
> Committed By: jld
> Date: Tue Mar 7 23:08:14 UTC 2006
>
> Modified Files:
> src/sys/arch/xen/i386: identcpu.c
> src/sys/arch/xen/xen: clock.c
>
> Log Message:
> Improve timekeeping under Xen. Specifically, replace use of
> cc_microtime with a MD function that isn't affected by erratic "clock
> interrupts" and instead takes more advantage of time information
> provided by the hypervisor. Fixes, most importantly, a case where the
> clock as seen by userland would sometimes bounce back and forth by up to
> 1<<31 us (~35 min).
>
> Approved by bouyer@; explained in more detail in
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-xen/2006/02/28/0002.html
>
>
> To generate a diff of this commit:
> cvs rdiff -r1.9 -r1.10 src/sys/arch/xen/i386/identcpu.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.17 -r1.18 src/sys/arch/xen/xen/clock.c
KDASSERTs you added don't seem always true.
i don't think assertions are appropriate for this kind of things.
YAMAMOTO Takashi