I think the overall idea is very interesting, but I also think that it should beI don't disagree.
disabled by default. Because of the problems with time in virtualization,
people are already conditioned to run ntpd inside their guests, and this
kvmclock change will "fight" with ntpd. Also, the command "# date 09091323" (or
whatever) ceases to work like it does on bare-metal, so I think it has to be an
opt-in feature.
Actually, I thought about that myself a few hours after I sent the patch.
Avi, do you have a word on that ?