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SubjectRe: test time-warps [was: Re: 2.6.14-rt13]
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:

>>Basically if there is an observable and provable warp in the TSC output
>>then it must not be used for any purpose that is not strictly
>>per-CPU-ified (such as userspace threads bound to a single CPU, and the
>>TSC never used between threads).

> Apparently that's the case.

What about periodically re-syncing the TSCs on the cpus? Are they
writeable?

Chris

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