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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-07-05 23:08:07 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-07-05 23:08:07 -0700 |
commit | ea2aca084ba82aaf7c148d04914ceed8758ce08a (patch) | |
tree | dcb3f4f849cf48deac2dd3bafd5c2cd2f0e7dc79 /include/asm-x86/pvclock-abi.h | |
parent | f3032be921cd126615ce3bfd7084e3d319f3f892 (diff) | |
parent | c5a78ac00c400df29645e59938700301efb371d0 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
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diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pvclock-abi.h b/include/asm-x86/pvclock-abi.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6857f840b243 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/asm-x86/pvclock-abi.h @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +#ifndef _ASM_X86_PVCLOCK_ABI_H_ +#define _ASM_X86_PVCLOCK_ABI_H_ +#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ + +/* + * These structs MUST NOT be changed. + * They are the ABI between hypervisor and guest OS. + * Both Xen and KVM are using this. + * + * pvclock_vcpu_time_info holds the system time and the tsc timestamp + * of the last update. So the guest can use the tsc delta to get a + * more precise system time. There is one per virtual cpu. + * + * pvclock_wall_clock references the point in time when the system + * time was zero (usually boot time), thus the guest calculates the + * current wall clock by adding the system time. + * + * Protocol for the "version" fields is: hypervisor raises it (making + * it uneven) before it starts updating the fields and raises it again + * (making it even) when it is done. Thus the guest can make sure the + * time values it got are consistent by checking the version before + * and after reading them. + */ + +struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info { + u32 version; + u32 pad0; + u64 tsc_timestamp; + u64 system_time; + u32 tsc_to_system_mul; + s8 tsc_shift; + u8 pad[3]; +} __attribute__((__packed__)); /* 32 bytes */ + +struct pvclock_wall_clock { + u32 version; + u32 sec; + u32 nsec; +} __attribute__((__packed__)); + +#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */ +#endif /* _ASM_X86_PVCLOCK_ABI_H_ */ |