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From: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
Subject: Re: periodic tasks in Xen
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:22:08 +0000
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On 6/3/07 19:01, "Diwaker Gupta" <diwaker.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> Whats the recommended way of executing periodic tasks in Xen? I can
> stick stuff in the scheduler loop, but if there's a neater way of
> doing this I'd prefer that. I think I should be able to write a
> function, and have Xen invoke it periodically (via a timer interrupt
> or some other event?) but I'm not sure about the details. Thoughts?

Run it off a timer. See xen/timer.h

> Also, is there any way of delegating such a periodic task within Xen
> to a specific core/processor in the system?

Xen timers are explicitly bound to a particular core when they are
initialised.

 -- Keir