Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] public/xen.h: update the comment explaining 'Wallclock time'

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 12.09.2019 16:05, Paul Durrant wrote:
> Since commit 0629adfd80e "Actually set a HVM domain's time offset when it
> sets the RTC", the comment in the public header has been misleading, since
> it claims that wallclock time is only updated by control software.
> Moreover, the comments stating that wc_sec and wc_nsec are seconds and
> nanoseconds (respectively) in UTC since the Unix epoch are bogus. Their
> values are adjusted by the domain's time_offset_seconds value, which is
> updated by a guest write to the emulated RTC and hence the wallclock
> timezone is under guest control.
> 
> This patch attempts to bring the comment in line with reality whilst
> keeping it reasonably short.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
(preferably with the typo fixed that Jürgen pointed out; easily
done while committing)

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