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Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h index ea27a8dd189c..63f91679af73 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h @@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ unsigned __pvclock_read_cycles(const struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *src, u8 ret_flags; version = src->version; + /* Note: emulated platforms which do not advertise SSE2 support + * result in kvmclock not using the necessary RDTSC barriers. + * Without barriers, it is possible that RDTSC instruction reads from + * the time stamp counter outside rdtsc_barrier protected section + * below, resulting in violation of monotonicity. + */ rdtsc_barrier(); offset = pvclock_get_nsec_offset(src); ret = src->system_time + offset; |