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authorCao jin <caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>2016-07-29 19:05:36 +0800
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2016-09-13 19:08:44 +0200
commit490ab15a4948f9150fae781fc421becce9221b32 (patch)
tree7624e8ef06393999c5e216605fbc7674cd851a84 /include/qemu/timer.h
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timer: update comments
The comments is outdated. The patch has following changes: 1. tense correction. 2. all clock time value is returned in nanoseconds, so, they are same in precision. 3. virtual clock doesn't use cpu cycles. Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Cao jin <caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> Message-Id: <1469790338-28990-2-git-send-email-caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/qemu/timer.h')
-rw-r--r--include/qemu/timer.h19
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/include/qemu/timer.h b/include/qemu/timer.h
index 309f3d0..34650b2 100644
--- a/include/qemu/timer.h
+++ b/include/qemu/timer.h
@@ -22,23 +22,20 @@
* @QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME: Real time clock
*
* The real time clock should be used only for stuff which does not
- * change the virtual machine state, as it is run even if the virtual
- * machine is stopped. The real time clock has a frequency of 1000
- * Hz.
+ * change the virtual machine state, as it runs even if the virtual
+ * machine is stopped.
*
* @QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL: virtual clock
*
- * The virtual clock is only run during the emulation. It is stopped
- * when the virtual machine is stopped. Virtual timers use a high
- * precision clock, usually cpu cycles (use ticks_per_sec).
+ * The virtual clock only runs during the emulation. It stops
+ * when the virtual machine is stopped.
*
* @QEMU_CLOCK_HOST: host clock
*
- * The host clock should be use for device models that emulate accurate
+ * The host clock should be used for device models that emulate accurate
* real time sources. It will continue to run when the virtual machine
* is suspended, and it will reflect system time changes the host may
- * undergo (e.g. due to NTP). The host clock has the same precision as
- * the virtual clock.
+ * undergo (e.g. due to NTP).
*
* @QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL_RT: realtime clock used for icount warp
*
@@ -77,10 +74,6 @@ struct QEMUTimer {
extern QEMUTimerListGroup main_loop_tlg;
/*
- * QEMUClockType
- */
-
-/*
* qemu_clock_get_ns;
* @type: the clock type
*