From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: Rob Earhart <earhart@google.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Next gen kvm api
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:03:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F31132F.3010100@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F3025FB.1070802@codemonkey.ws>
On 02/06/2012 09:11 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>
> I'm not so sure. ioeventfds and a future mmio-over-socketpair have to
> put the kthread to sleep while it waits for the other end to process
> it. This is effectively equivalent to a heavy weight exit. The
> difference in cost is dropping to userspace which is really neglible
> these days (< 100 cycles).
On what machine did you measure these wonderful numbers?
But I agree a heavyweight exit is probably faster than a double context
switch on a remote core.
--
I have a truly marvellous patch that fixes the bug which this
signature is too narrow to contain.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: Rob Earhart <earhart@google.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Next gen kvm api
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:03:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F31132F.3010100@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F3025FB.1070802@codemonkey.ws>
On 02/06/2012 09:11 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>
> I'm not so sure. ioeventfds and a future mmio-over-socketpair have to
> put the kthread to sleep while it waits for the other end to process
> it. This is effectively equivalent to a heavy weight exit. The
> difference in cost is dropping to userspace which is really neglible
> these days (< 100 cycles).
On what machine did you measure these wonderful numbers?
But I agree a heavyweight exit is probably faster than a double context
switch on a remote core.
--
I have a truly marvellous patch that fixes the bug which this
signature is too narrow to contain.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-07 12:03 UTC|newest]
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2012-02-02 16:09 [RFC] Next gen kvm api Avi Kivity
2012-02-02 16:09 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-02 22:13 ` Rob Earhart
2012-02-02 22:13 ` [Qemu-devel] " Rob Earhart
2012-02-02 22:16 ` Rob Earhart
2012-02-02 22:16 ` Rob Earhart
2012-02-05 13:14 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 13:14 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-06 17:41 ` Rob Earhart
2012-02-06 19:11 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-06 19:11 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2012-02-06 19:11 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 12:03 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2012-02-07 12:03 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 15:17 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 16:02 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 16:18 ` Jan Kiszka
2012-02-07 16:18 ` [Qemu-devel] " Jan Kiszka
2012-02-07 16:18 ` Jan Kiszka
2012-02-07 16:21 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 16:21 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 16:29 ` Jan Kiszka
2012-02-07 16:29 ` Jan Kiszka
2012-02-15 13:41 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:41 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 16:19 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-15 13:47 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 12:01 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-03 2:09 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-03 2:09 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2012-02-03 2:09 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-04 2:08 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-02-04 2:08 ` [Qemu-devel] " Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-02-04 2:08 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-02-22 13:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-02-22 13:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-02-05 9:24 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 9:24 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 9:24 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 1:08 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 1:08 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 1:08 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 1:08 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 12:24 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 12:24 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 12:24 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 12:51 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 12:51 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 12:51 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 13:16 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 13:16 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 13:16 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 13:40 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 13:40 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 13:40 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 14:21 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 14:21 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 14:21 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 14:21 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 14:39 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 14:39 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 14:39 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 11:18 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 11:18 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 11:18 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 11:57 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 11:57 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 11:57 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 13:29 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:29 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:29 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:37 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 13:37 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 13:37 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 13:57 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:57 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:57 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 14:08 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 14:08 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 14:08 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-16 19:24 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 19:24 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 19:24 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 19:24 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 19:34 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2012-02-16 19:34 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-16 19:34 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-16 19:38 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 19:38 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 19:38 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 20:41 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-16 20:41 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-16 20:41 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-17 0:23 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-17 0:23 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-17 0:23 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-17 18:27 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-17 18:27 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-17 18:27 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-18 9:49 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-18 9:49 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-18 9:49 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-18 9:49 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-17 0:19 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2012-02-17 0:19 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-17 0:19 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-18 10:00 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-18 10:00 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-18 10:00 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-18 10:00 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-18 10:43 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alexander Graf
2012-02-18 10:43 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-18 10:43 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 19:17 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-15 19:17 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-15 19:17 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-12 7:10 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-02-12 7:10 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-02-12 7:10 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-02-12 7:10 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-02-15 13:32 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:32 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:32 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 15:23 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 15:23 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 15:23 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 15:28 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 15:28 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 15:28 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-08 17:20 ` Alan Cox
2012-02-08 17:20 ` Alan Cox
2012-02-08 17:20 ` Alan Cox
2012-02-15 13:33 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:33 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:33 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 22:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-02-15 22:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-02-10 3:07 ` Jamie Lokier
2012-02-10 3:07 ` Jamie Lokier
2012-02-03 18:07 ` Eric Northup
2012-02-03 18:07 ` [Qemu-devel] " Eric Northup
2012-02-03 18:07 ` Eric Northup
2012-02-03 22:52 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-03 22:52 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2012-02-03 22:52 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-06 19:46 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-06 19:46 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-07 6:58 ` Michael Ellerman
2012-02-07 6:58 ` [Qemu-devel] " Michael Ellerman
2012-02-07 6:58 ` Michael Ellerman
2012-02-07 10:04 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-07 10:04 ` Alexander Graf
2012-02-15 22:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-02-15 22:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-02-16 1:04 ` Michael Ellerman
2012-02-16 1:04 ` [Qemu-devel] " Michael Ellerman
2012-02-16 1:04 ` Michael Ellerman
2012-02-16 19:28 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 19:28 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-17 0:09 ` Michael Ellerman
2012-02-17 0:09 ` [Qemu-devel] " Michael Ellerman
2012-02-17 0:09 ` Michael Ellerman
2012-02-18 10:03 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-18 10:03 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-18 10:03 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 10:26 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 10:26 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 10:26 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 12:28 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 12:28 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 12:40 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 12:40 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 12:51 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 12:51 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 13:18 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 13:18 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 13:18 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 15:15 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 15:15 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-07 18:28 ` Chris Wright
2012-02-07 18:28 ` Chris Wright
2012-02-08 17:02 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-08 17:02 ` Scott Wood
2012-02-08 17:12 ` Alan Cox
2012-02-08 17:12 ` [Qemu-devel] " Alan Cox
2012-02-08 17:12 ` Alan Cox
2012-02-05 9:37 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-02-05 9:37 ` [Qemu-devel] " Gleb Natapov
2012-02-05 9:37 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-02-05 9:44 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 9:44 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 9:44 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 9:51 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-02-05 9:51 ` [Qemu-devel] " Gleb Natapov
2012-02-05 9:51 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-02-05 9:56 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 9:56 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 9:56 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 10:58 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-02-05 10:58 ` [Qemu-devel] " Gleb Natapov
2012-02-05 10:58 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-02-05 13:16 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 13:16 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 13:16 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-05 16:36 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-05 16:36 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2012-02-05 16:36 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-06 9:34 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-06 9:34 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-06 9:34 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-06 13:33 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-06 13:33 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-06 13:54 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-06 13:54 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-06 14:00 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-06 14:00 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-06 14:08 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-06 14:08 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-07 18:12 ` Rusty Russell
2012-02-07 18:12 ` [Qemu-devel] " Rusty Russell
2012-02-07 18:12 ` Rusty Russell
2012-02-15 13:39 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 13:39 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 21:59 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-15 21:59 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-16 8:57 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-02-16 8:57 ` [Qemu-devel] " Gleb Natapov
2012-02-16 8:57 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-02-16 14:46 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-16 14:46 ` Anthony Liguori
2012-02-16 19:34 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 19:34 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2012-02-16 19:34 ` Avi Kivity
2012-02-15 23:08 ` Rusty Russell
2012-02-15 23:08 ` [Qemu-devel] " Rusty Russell
2012-02-15 23:08 ` Rusty Russell
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