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SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC v2 4/4] xen/arm: account for stolen ticks
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> > > @@ -301,6 +320,10 @@ static int __init xen_init_events(void)
> > >
> > > on_each_cpu(xen_percpu_init, NULL, 0);
> > >
> > > + pv_time_ops.steal_clock = xen_stolen_accounting;
> > > + static_key_slow_inc(&paravirt_steal_enabled);
> > > + static_key_slow_inc(&paravirt_steal_rq_enabled);
> >
> > We don't seem to do this on x86 -- is that a bug on x86 on Xen?
>
> On x86 we do all the accounting in do_stolen_accounting, called from our
> own interrupt handler (xen_timer_interrupt).
> I don't think we would gain anything by using the common infrastructure,
> we would actually loose the idle ticks accounting we do there.
>
> Speaking of which, I don't think that pv_time_ops.steal_clock would
> properly increase CPUTIME_IDLE the way we do in do_stolen_accounting.
>
> How much of an issue is that?

Doesn't the generic account_idle_time handle this?

Ian.



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