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Miller" , sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: <07df88e5-208d-4aac-9668-a3b0c65ae529@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7a48b636cb3146f4f7134c6d4fe42070ac2edb43.camel@infradead.org> References: <20260410120044.031381086@kernel.org> <20260410120318.592237447@kernel.org> <7a48b636cb3146f4f7134c6d4fe42070ac2edb43.camel@infradead.org> Subject: Re: [patch 15/38] ptp: ptp_vmclock: Replace get_cycles() usage Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 69A9E1C0013 X-Stat-Signature: ospqdty3cjbmtybipfyi5t64kmxxhscu X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam02 X-HE-Tag: 1776108699-707474 X-HE-Meta: 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 5iFtRIRD 4YFOLIrTd8mDMd26JLTMONnUQ6Ap+BHlfGLjnb19mWbMAsGokFyLrb3rO3Ou7QSYHt9G32+6+1u8ddwProbaDOYu6ss0YU0Ys/VczF/peflFuO2s5PuERdG47+A5xHfJGnpQMb72Bt57ic0D+xh+TT1NRaubtUkFG4Cg/LLmjWr8vxKni0+Iv7/lB8VPIVWH2K9hiKqv9x5Qd77RWOG+YzxMHPoyxSk/zpVju2+aiAWwIsppZq1rrtlRYjrgR2e/q6qoBdREr9vMHtvY1S93qEhbWDLRrGp6zysJcsO3n9GndRUM2GvCIvtPVmsAgN2S+EZkXtaqPnSYI2C3sO1++jGCZi0UUCfCh+BSX0F+FgiKtaTjzAyZgTLzxIV82h765Sr56kreqJM0hh6iZ0GsFezOKUIseVkUxX+1XCpB5TTk2mI8f84ltzonIMA== Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Mon, Apr 13, 2026, at 17:33, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Fri, 2026-04-10 at 14:19 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > ... depend on TSC_RELIABLE=C2=B9, since if the guest doesn't believe t= hat it > is, then the guest shouldn't be trying to use it as the basis for > precise timing. > > =C2=B9 (Or... one of the other zoo of TSC flags for the gradually redu= cing > brokenness over the years...) It looks like this is sufficiently handled in the caller: static int vmclock_get_crosststamp(struct vmclock_state *st, struct ptp_system_timestamp *sts, struct system_counterval_t *system_co= unter, struct timespec64 *tspec) { .... #ifdef CONFIG_X86 /* * We'd expect the hypervisor to know this and to report the clo= ck * status as VMCLOCK_STATUS_UNRELIABLE. But be paranoid. */ if (check_tsc_unstable()) return -EINVAL; #endif With 486 and ELAN out of the way, Winchip6 seems to be the only one without X86_FEATURE_TSC, so I think the next logical step would be to turn off Winchip6 as well and remove all X86_FEATURE_TSC and CONFIG_X86_TSC checks. Arnd