On 11/01/2012 02:47 AM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > +static __always_inline > +unsigned __pvclock_read_cycles(const struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *src, > + cycle_t *cycles, u8 *flags) > +{ > + unsigned version; > + cycle_t ret, offset; > + u8 ret_flags; > + > + version = src->version; > + rdtsc_barrier(); > + offset = pvclock_get_nsec_offset(src); > + ret = src->system_time + offset; > + ret_flags = src->flags; > + rdtsc_barrier(); > + > + *cycles = ret; > + *flags = ret_flags; > + return version; > +} > + This interface is a bit weird. The actual value you are interested in is "cycles", so why is it returned through the parameters? I think it would be clearer to have this return cycles, and &version as a parameter. -- 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