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Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86/time: gtsc_to_gtime() is HVM-only


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:43:38 +0100
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 02:59:43PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Omit the function when HVM=n. With that the !HVM logic can also go away;
> leave an assertion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/time.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/time.c
> @@ -2840,14 +2840,13 @@ uint64_t gtime_to_gtsc(const struct doma
>      return scale_delta(time, &d->arch.ns_to_vtsc);
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HVM
>  uint64_t gtsc_to_gtime(const struct domain *d, uint64_t tsc)
>  {
> -    u64 time = scale_delta(tsc, &d->arch.vtsc_to_ns);
> -
> -    if ( !is_hvm_domain(d) )
> -        time += d->arch.vtsc_offset;
> -    return time;
> +    ASSERT(is_hvm_domain(d));
> +    return scale_delta(tsc, &d->arch.vtsc_to_ns);
>  }
> +#endif /* CONFIG_HVM */

Seeing this is solely used by the vlapic code, did you consider
keeping scale_delta() non-static, and then moving gtsc_to_gtime() into
vlapic.c?

It would result in less ifdefery overall.

Thanks, Roger.



 


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