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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Add a timer mode that disables pending missed ticks
ok, I'll try your new code and let you know what
I find.
-Dave
Keir Fraser wrote:
On 8/11/07 14:43, "Dave Winchell" <dwinchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I agree that this could be a problem. I have an idea that could give us full
SYNC and eliminate the long periods without clock interrupts.
In pt_process_missed_ticks() when missed_ticks > 0 set pt->run_timer = 1.
In pt_save_timer():
list_for_each_entry ( pt, head, list )
if(!pt->run_timer)
stop_timer(&pt->timer);
And in pt_timer_fn():
pt->run_timer = 0;
So, for a guest that misses a tick, we will interrupt him once from the
descheduled state and then leave him alone in the descheduled state.
Well, I'd rather not complicate the code if it's avoidable. I checked in a
SYNC/ASYNC combo and code simplification as changeset 16341, and it'd be
interesting to know how that fares against your suggested scheme. I suppose
as long as we're better than ntpd's tolerance it doesn't actually matter all
that much.
-- Keir
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