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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-23 10:22:01 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-23 10:22:01 -0700
commit5b34653963de7a6d0d8c783527457d68fddc60fb (patch)
tree1a234741e1823a54cd0514616f783b4cf503a528 /arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h
parent765426e8ee4c0ab2bc9d44951f4865b8494cdbd0 (diff)
parent5e1b00758b5a8bee9d42515bffdaf305a32f1b04 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86/um-header' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86/um-header' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (26 commits) x86: canonicalize remaining header guards x86: drop double underscores from header guards x86: Fix ASM_X86__ header guards x86, um: get rid of uml-config.h x86, um: get rid of arch/um/Kconfig.arch x86, um: get rid of arch/um/os symlink x86, um: get rid of excessive includes of uml-config.h x86, um: get rid of header symlinks x86, um: merge Kconfig.i386 and Kconfig.x86_64 x86, um: get rid of sysdep symlink x86, um: trim the junk from uml ptrace-*.h x86, um: take vm-flags.h to sysdep x86, um: get rid of uml asm/arch x86, um: get rid of uml highmem.h x86, um: get rid of uml unistd.h x86, um: get rid of system.h -> system.h include x86, um: uml atomic.h is not needed anymore x86, um: untangle uml ldt.h x86, um: get rid of more uml asm/arch uses x86, um: remove dead header (uml module-generic.h; never used these days) ...
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+#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 */