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From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Carsten Emde <Carsten.Emde@osadl.org>,
	kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] 2.6.23.1-rt4 and kvm 48
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:07:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47271057.5040102@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4726FE2A.1040607@siemens.com>

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Interesting result - you've read about the wbinvd issues? Is there no
> wbinvd in the bios shipped with older kvm? Which VM extension did you
> test, both Intel and AMD? I would bet that your X issues are due to the
> same effect. X startup/shutdown involves a lot of wbinvd calls on my
> test boxes.
>
>   

kvm.git now traps invd and wbinvd on amd, so there shouldn't be any 
issues there.  I hope that Intel will add similar traps in future 
iterations of VT.


-- 
Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature.


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From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka-kv7WeFo6aLtBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
	Carsten Emde
	<Carsten.Emde-Q945KHDl0DbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List
	<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23.1-rt4 and kvm 48
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:07:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47271057.5040102@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4726FE2A.1040607-kv7WeFo6aLtBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Interesting result - you've read about the wbinvd issues? Is there no
> wbinvd in the bios shipped with older kvm? Which VM extension did you
> test, both Intel and AMD? I would bet that your X issues are due to the
> same effect. X startup/shutdown involves a lot of wbinvd calls on my
> test boxes.
>
>   

kvm.git now traps invd and wbinvd on amd, so there shouldn't be any 
issues there.  I hope that Intel will add similar traps in future 
iterations of VT.


-- 
Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-30 11:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-29 14:09 2.6.23.1-rt4 and kvm 48 David Brown
2007-10-29 14:09 ` David Brown
2007-10-30  4:18 ` [kvm-devel] " Avi Kivity
2007-10-30  4:18   ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-30  7:38   ` [kvm-devel] " Carsten Emde
2007-10-30  7:38     ` Carsten Emde
2007-10-30  9:49     ` [kvm-devel] " Jan Kiszka
2007-10-30  9:49       ` Jan Kiszka
2007-10-30 10:02       ` [kvm-devel] " Alexander Graf
2007-10-30 10:02         ` Alexander Graf
2007-10-30 11:07       ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2007-10-30 11:07         ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-30 11:34         ` [kvm-devel] " Jan Kiszka
2007-10-30 11:34           ` Jan Kiszka
2007-10-30 11:37           ` [kvm-devel] " Avi Kivity
2007-11-01  9:28 ` Dor Laor
2007-11-01  9:28   ` Dor Laor
     [not found]   ` <47299C43.1070703-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-05 20:27     ` Carsten Emde
     [not found]       ` <472F7CA7.8060707-Q945KHDl0DbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-06  5:22         ` David Brown
     [not found]           ` <9c21eeae0711052122y483b06d8ycbcfbfb95fb36663-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-06  8:12             ` Dor Laor
     [not found]               ` <47302208.2090301-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-06  9:53                 ` Carsten Emde
     [not found]                   ` <473039B2.1010106-Q945KHDl0DbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-06 14:53                     ` David Brown

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