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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Cc: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm-vmx: add module parameter to avoid trapping HLT instructions (v2)
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 16:10:43 -0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101203181043.GA22929@amt.cnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101203175854.GF10050@sequoia.sous-sol.org>

On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 09:58:54AM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Srivatsa Vaddagiri (vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com) wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 09:29:06AM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> > > That's what Marcelo's suggestion does w/out a fill thread.
> > 
> > There's one complication though even with that. How do we compute the
> > real utilization of VM (given that it will appear to be burning 100% cycles)?
> > We need to have scheduler discount the cycles burnt post halt-exit, so more
> > stuff is needed than those simple 3-4 lines!
> 
> Heh, was just about to say the same thing ;)

Probably yes. The point is, you get the same effect as with the
non-trapping hlt but without the complications on low-level VMX/SVM
code.

Even better if you can do it with fill thread idea.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-12-03 18:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-02 13:59 [PATCH] kvm-vmx: add module parameter to avoid trapping HLT instructions (v2) Anthony Liguori
2010-12-02 14:39 ` lidong chen
2010-12-02 15:23   ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-02 15:23   ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-03  9:38     ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-03 11:12       ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-03 23:28       ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-02 17:37 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-12-02 19:07   ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-02 20:12     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-12-02 20:51       ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-03  9:36         ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-03 22:45           ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-04  8:13             ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-04 13:30               ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-06  8:28                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-06  8:35                   ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-06 13:58                     ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-06 14:01                       ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-06 14:02                         ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-06 14:08                           ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-06 14:14                             ` Gleb Natapov
2010-12-06 14:03                         ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-06 14:33                           ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-06 15:07                             ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-06 15:16                               ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-06 16:21                                 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-06 16:30                                   ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-06 16:33                                     ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-03 12:40         ` Gleb Natapov
2010-12-03 23:31       ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-03 22:42   ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-04  8:16     ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-04 13:48       ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-06  8:32         ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-02 19:14 ` Chris Wright
2010-12-02 20:25   ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-02 20:40     ` Chris Wright
2010-12-02 20:40   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-12-02 21:07     ` Chris Wright
2010-12-02 22:37       ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-03  2:42         ` Chris Wright
2010-12-03  3:21           ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-03  3:44             ` Chris Wright
2010-12-03 14:25               ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-02 22:27     ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-03 22:49     ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-04  5:43       ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-03  9:40   ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-03 11:21     ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-03 11:57   ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-03 16:27     ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-03 17:29       ` Chris Wright
2010-12-03 17:33         ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-04  8:18           ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-03 17:57         ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-03 17:58           ` Chris Wright
2010-12-03 18:07             ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-03 18:12               ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-04  8:19                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-03 18:20               ` Chris Wright
2010-12-03 18:55                 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-12-03 18:10             ` Marcelo Tosatti [this message]
2010-12-03 18:24               ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-12-03 17:28     ` Chris Wright
2010-12-03 17:36       ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-03 17:38         ` Chris Wright
2010-12-03 17:43           ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-03 17:47           ` Anthony Liguori

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