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From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Optimize vcpu->requests processing
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:55:47 +0800
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On 07/10/2012 01:05 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Currently, any time a request bit is set (not too uncommon) we check all of them.
> This patchset optimizes the process slightly by skipping over unset bits using
> for_each_set_bit().
> 

I also notice that kvm_check_request costs lots of cpu time. What is the status
of this patchset?