aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-31 08:31:57 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-31 08:31:57 +0100
commita9de18eb761f7c1c860964b2e5addc1a35c7e861 (patch)
tree886e75fdfd09690cd262ca69cb7f5d1d42b48602 /arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h
parentb2aaf8f74cdc84a9182f6cabf198b7763bcb9d40 (diff)
parent6a94cb73064c952255336cc57731904174b2c58f (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into stackprotector
Conflicts: arch/x86/include/asm/pda.h kernel/fork.c
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h42
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d93508f262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_PVCLOCK_ABI_H
+#define _ASM_X86_PVCLOCK_ABI_H
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+/*
+ * These structs MUST NOT be changed.
+ * They are the ABI between hypervisor and guest OS.
+ * Both Xen and KVM are using this.
+ *
+ * pvclock_vcpu_time_info holds the system time and the tsc timestamp
+ * of the last update. So the guest can use the tsc delta to get a
+ * more precise system time. There is one per virtual cpu.
+ *
+ * pvclock_wall_clock references the point in time when the system
+ * time was zero (usually boot time), thus the guest calculates the
+ * current wall clock by adding the system time.
+ *
+ * Protocol for the "version" fields is: hypervisor raises it (making
+ * it uneven) before it starts updating the fields and raises it again
+ * (making it even) when it is done. Thus the guest can make sure the
+ * time values it got are consistent by checking the version before
+ * and after reading them.
+ */
+
+struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info {
+ u32 version;
+ u32 pad0;
+ u64 tsc_timestamp;
+ u64 system_time;
+ u32 tsc_to_system_mul;
+ s8 tsc_shift;
+ u8 pad[3];
+} __attribute__((__packed__)); /* 32 bytes */
+
+struct pvclock_wall_clock {
+ u32 version;
+ u32 sec;
+ u32 nsec;
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_PVCLOCK_ABI_H */