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    KVM: x86: introduce get_kvmclock_ns · 108b249c
    Paolo Bonzini authored
    Introduce a function that reads the exact nanoseconds value that is
    provided to the guest in kvmclock.  This crystallizes the notion of
    kvmclock as a thin veneer over a stable TSC, that the guest will
    (hopefully) convert with NTP.  In other words, kvmclock is *not* a
    paravirtualized host-to-guest NTP.
    
    Drop the get_kernel_ns() function, that was used both to get the base
    value of the master clock and to get the current value of kvmclock.
    The former use is replaced by ktime_get_boot_ns(), the latter is
    the purpose of get_kernel_ns().
    
    This also allows KVM to provide a Hyper-V time reference counter that
    is synchronized with the time that is computed from the TSC page.
    Reviewed-by: default avatarRoman Kagan <rkagan@virtuozzo.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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