From: Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/11] pvqspinlock, x86: Allow unfair spinlock in a PV guest
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:58:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5329CCAA.9000909@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53296C6F.7040709@redhat.com>
On 03/19/2014 06:07 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 19/03/2014 04:15, Waiman Long ha scritto:
>>>> You should see the same values with the PV ticketlock. It is not clear
>>>> to me if this testing did include that variant of locks?
>>>
>>> Yes, PV is fine. But up to this point of the series, we are concerned
>>> about spinlock performance when running on an overcommitted hypervisor
>>> that doesn't support PV spinlocks.
>>
>> The unfair queue lock is designed in such a way that it will only be
>> activated when running in a PV guest or it won't be mergeable upstream.
>> So there must be some way to determine if it is running under a
>> hypervisor.
>
> Exactly. What you want is boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR).
>
> Paolo
The unfair lock is to be enabled by boot time check, not just by the
presence of a configuration macro during the build process in order to
avoid using unfair lock on bare metal. Of course, Linux distros can
modify this if that suits their need.
-Longman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-19 16:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 135+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-12 18:54 [PATCH v6 00/11] qspinlock: a 4-byte queue spinlock with PV support Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH v6 01/11] qspinlock: A generic 4-byte queue spinlock implementation Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH v6 02/11] qspinlock, x86: Enable x86-64 to use queue spinlock Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH v6 03/11] qspinlock: More optimized code for smaller NR_CPUS Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH v6 04/11] qspinlock: Optimized code path for 2 contending tasks Waiman Long
2014-03-12 19:08 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 19:08 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 19:08 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 13:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-13 13:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-13 13:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-17 17:23 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-17 17:23 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-17 17:23 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH v6 05/11] pvqspinlock, x86: Allow unfair spinlock in a PV guest Waiman Long
2014-03-13 10:54 ` David Vrabel
2014-03-13 10:54 ` David Vrabel
2014-03-13 13:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 13:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 13:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-17 19:05 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-17 19:05 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-17 19:05 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-18 8:14 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-18 8:14 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-18 8:14 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-19 3:15 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 3:15 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 3:15 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 3:15 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 10:07 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-19 10:07 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-19 16:58 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 16:58 ` Waiman Long [this message]
2014-03-19 17:08 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-19 17:08 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-19 17:08 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-19 16:58 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 10:07 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-19 3:15 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-17 19:05 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-13 13:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 19:03 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 19:03 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 19:03 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 10:54 ` David Vrabel
2014-03-13 15:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-13 15:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-13 15:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-13 20:05 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 20:05 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 20:05 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-14 8:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-14 8:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-14 8:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-14 8:48 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-14 8:48 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-14 8:48 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-17 17:44 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-17 17:44 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-17 18:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-17 18:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-17 18:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-18 8:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-18 8:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-18 8:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-19 3:08 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 3:08 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 3:08 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-17 19:10 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-17 19:10 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-19 3:11 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 3:11 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 3:11 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-19 15:25 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-19 15:25 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-19 15:25 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-17 19:10 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2014-03-17 17:44 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH v6 06/11] pvqspinlock, x86: Allow unfair queue spinlock in a KVM guest Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH v6 07/11] pvqspinlock, x86: Allow unfair queue spinlock in a XEN guest Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH v6 08/11] pvqspinlock, x86: Rename paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH RFC v6 09/11] pvqspinlock, x86: Add qspinlock para-virtualization support Waiman Long
2014-03-13 11:21 ` David Vrabel
2014-03-13 11:21 ` David Vrabel
2014-03-13 13:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 13:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 13:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 13:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 13:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 19:49 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 19:49 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 19:49 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 19:49 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-14 9:44 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-14 9:44 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-14 9:44 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 19:49 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 19:05 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 19:05 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 19:05 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 11:21 ` David Vrabel
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH RFC v6 10/11] pvqspinlock, x86: Enable qspinlock PV support for KVM Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 13:59 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 13:59 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 19:13 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 19:13 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-14 8:42 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-14 8:42 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-14 8:42 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-17 17:47 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-17 17:47 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-18 8:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-18 8:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-18 8:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-17 17:47 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 13:59 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-03-13 15:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-13 15:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-13 15:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-13 20:09 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 20:09 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-13 20:09 ` Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` [PATCH RFC v6 11/11] pvqspinlock, x86: Enable qspinlock PV support for XEN Waiman Long
2014-03-12 18:54 ` Waiman Long
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