Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> I'm looking at the guest side of the issue right now, trying to identify
> common code, and while doing so noticed that xen does the
> version-check-loop in both get_time_values_from_xen(void) and
> xen_clocksource_read(void), and I can't see any obvious reason for that.
> The loop in xen_clocksource_read(void) is not needed IMHO. Can I drop it?
>
No. The get_nsec_offset() needs to be atomic with respect to the
get_time_values() parameters. There could be a loopless
__get_time_values() for use in this case, but given that it almost never
loops, I don't think its worthwhile.
J
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