Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-10 Thread Cornelia Huck
On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 12:53:50 +0100 Cornelia Huck wrote: > The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes hwclock to > set/retrieve the time to/from the hardware clock. If hwclock > is not available, the user is currently informed that "hwclock > failed to set hardware clock to system time", w

Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-10 Thread Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
On 12/9/19 7:33 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: On Fri, 06 Dec 2019 08:17:27 +0100 Markus Armbruster wrote: Cornelia Huck writes: On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 14:05:19 +0100 Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: Hi Cornelia, On 12/5/19 12:53 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: The Posix implementation of guest-set-time

Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-09 Thread Cornelia Huck
On Fri, 06 Dec 2019 08:17:27 +0100 Markus Armbruster wrote: > Cornelia Huck writes: > > > On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 14:05:19 +0100 > > Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > > > >> Hi Cornelia, > >> > >> On 12/5/19 12:53 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: > >> > The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes

Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-06 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 12/06/19 08:15, Markus Armbruster wrote: > Laszlo Ersek writes: > >> On 12/05/19 14:05, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: >>> Hi Cornelia, >>> >>> On 12/5/19 12:53 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes hwclock to set/retrieve the time to/from the har

Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-06 Thread Markus Armbruster
Cornelia Huck writes: > On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 14:05:19 +0100 > Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > >> Hi Cornelia, >> >> On 12/5/19 12:53 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: >> > The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes hwclock to >> > set/retrieve the time to/from the hardware clock. If hwclock >> > i

Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-06 Thread Markus Armbruster
Laszlo Ersek writes: > On 12/05/19 14:05, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: >> Hi Cornelia, >> >> On 12/5/19 12:53 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: >>> The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes hwclock to >>> set/retrieve the time to/from the hardware clock. If hwclock >>> is not available, the user

Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-05 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 12/05/19 14:05, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > Hi Cornelia, > > On 12/5/19 12:53 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: >> The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes hwclock to >> set/retrieve the time to/from the hardware clock. If hwclock >> is not available, the user is currently informed that "hw

Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-05 Thread Michal Privoznik
On 12/5/19 2:12 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 14:05:19 +0100 Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: Hi Cornelia, On 12/5/19 12:53 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes hwclock to set/retrieve the time to/from the hardware clock. If hwclock is not av

Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-05 Thread Cornelia Huck
On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 14:05:19 +0100 Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > Hi Cornelia, > > On 12/5/19 12:53 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: > > The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes hwclock to > > set/retrieve the time to/from the hardware clock. If hwclock > > is not available, the user is curren

Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-05 Thread Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
On 12/5/19 2:12 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 14:05:19 +0100 Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: Hi Cornelia, On 12/5/19 12:53 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes hwclock to set/retrieve the time to/from the hardware clock. If hwclock is not av

Re: [PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-05 Thread Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Hi Cornelia, On 12/5/19 12:53 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes hwclock to set/retrieve the time to/from the hardware clock. If hwclock is not available, the user is currently informed that "hwclock failed to set hardware clock to system time", which is

[PATCH v3] qga: fence guest-set-time if hwclock not available

2019-12-05 Thread Cornelia Huck
The Posix implementation of guest-set-time invokes hwclock to set/retrieve the time to/from the hardware clock. If hwclock is not available, the user is currently informed that "hwclock failed to set hardware clock to system time", which is quite misleading. This may happen e.g. on s390x, which has