> > > So should I run something like: date ; time <some command that runs at > > 100%CPU for a minute> ; date ? > > No, date will pull from your RTC, which is usually kept up to date with an > asynchronous > counter. > > First check GNU top(1) and look in the %Cpu line for "st." That is % CPU > time stolen. If it is > nonzero then the guest time's accounting is probably working. It's not > typical for the > hypervisor to hide this information. It's really important for load > balancing. >
Thanks for that. I haven't seen any non-zero stolen time yet, however. FWIW vmstat also shows stolen time.
