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author | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2008-08-18 03:05:42 +0200 |
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committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2008-10-23 07:55:20 +0200 |
commit | bb8985586b7a906e116db835c64773b7a7d51663 (patch) | |
tree | de93ae58e88cc563d95cc124a73f3930594c6100 /arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h | |
parent | x86, um: initial part of asm-um move (diff) | |
download | linux-bb8985586b7a906e116db835c64773b7a7d51663.tar.xz linux-bb8985586b7a906e116db835c64773b7a7d51663.zip |
x86, um: ... and asm-x86 move
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h')
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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 000000000000..edb3b4ecfc81 --- /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 */ |