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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-23 10:22:01 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-23 10:22:01 -0700 |
commit | 5b34653963de7a6d0d8c783527457d68fddc60fb (patch) | |
tree | 1a234741e1823a54cd0514616f783b4cf503a528 /arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h | |
parent | 765426e8ee4c0ab2bc9d44951f4865b8494cdbd0 (diff) | |
parent | 5e1b00758b5a8bee9d42515bffdaf305a32f1b04 (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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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h | 42 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6d93508f262 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/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 */ |