On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 03:31:08PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 10/13/2009 03:28 PM, Glauber Costa wrote: >> >>> Do we want an absolute or relative adjustment? >>> >> What exactly do you mean? >> > > Absolute adjustment: clock = t > Relative adjustment: clock += t The delta is absolute, but the adjustment in the clock is relative. So we pick the difference between what userspace is passing us and what we currently have, then relatively adds up so we can make sure we won't go back or suffer a too big skew. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html