Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/ptp_kvm.rst
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
PTP_KVM is used for high precision time sync between host and guests. It relies on transferring the wall clock and counter value from the host to the guest using a KVM-specific hypercall.
This hypercall uses the SMC32/HVC32 calling convention:
ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID ============== ======== ===================================== Function ID: (uint32) 0x86000001 Arguments: (uint32) KVM_PTP_VIRT_COUNTER(0) KVM_PTP_PHYS_COUNTER(1) Return Values: (int32) NOT_SUPPORTED(-1) on error, or (uint32) Upper 32 bits of wall clock time (r0) (uint32) Lower 32 bits of wall clock time (r1) (uint32) Upper 32 bits of counter (r2) (uint32) Lower 32 bits of counter (r3) Endianness: No Restrictions. ============== ======== =====================================