On Mon, 31 Aug 2015, Shaohua Li wrote:
> > The HPET wraps interval is 0xffffffff / 100000000 = 42.9s
> >
> > tsc interval is (0x481250b45b - 0x219e6efb50) / 2200000000 = 75s
> >
> > 32.1 + 42.9 = 75
> >
> > The example shows hpet wraps, while tsc is marked unstable
>
> Thomas & John,
> Is this data enough to prove TSC unstable issue can be triggered by HPET
> wrap? I can resend the patch with the data included.
Well, it's enough data to prove:
- that keeping a VM off the CPU for 75 seconds is insane.
- that emulating the HPET with 100MHz shortens the HPET wraparound by
a factor of 7 compared to real hardware. With a realist HPET
frequency you have about 300 seconds.
Who though that using 100MHz HPET frequency is a brilliant idea?
So we should add crappy heuristics to the watchdog just to workaround
virt insanities? I'm not convinced.
Thanks,
tglx
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