Re: [PATCH 04/17] Fix deep C-state TSC desynchronization

From: Glauber Costa
Date: Wed Jun 16 2010 - 09:24:44 EST


On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 09:34:06PM -1000, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> When CPUs with unstable TSCs enter deep C-state, TSC may stop
> running. This causes us to require resynchronization. Since
> we can't tell when this may potentially happen, we assume the
> worst by forcing re-compensation for it at every point the VCPU
> task is descheduled.
can't we just compensate everytime check_tsc_unstable() is true?


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