Re: [PATCH kvm-unit-tests] KVM: x86: add hyperv clock test case

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On 22/04/2016 15:32, Roman Kagan wrote:
> The first value is derived from the kvm_clock's tsc_to_system_mul and
> tsc_shift, and matches hosts's vcpu->hw_tsc_khz.  The second is
> calibrated using emulated HPET.  The difference is those +14 ppm.
> 
> This is on i7-2600, invariant TSC present, TSC scaling not present.
> 
> I'll dig further but I'd appreciate any comment on whether it was within
> tolerance or not.

The solution to the bug is to change the Hyper-V reference time MSR to
use the same formula as the Hyper-V TSC-based clock.  Likewise,
KVM_GET_CLOCK and KVM_SET_CLOCK should not use ktime_get_ns().

Paolo
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