From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gleb Natapov Subject: [PATCH 0/2] make kvm guest mode to be rcu quiescent state Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:52:01 +0300 Message-ID: <1303984323-3203-1-git-send-email-gleb@redhat.com> Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, avi@redhat.com, mtosatti@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org CPU may spend a lot of time in a guest mode while other CPUs wait for rcu grace period to elapse. This patch series makes guest mode into quiescent state to shorten wait time. Gleb Natapov (2): rcu: export rcu_note_context_switch() function KVM: make guest mode entry to be rcu quiescent state include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 + include/linux/rcutiny.h | 6 +----- kernel/rcutiny.c | 7 +++++++ kernel/rcutree.c | 1 + 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 1.7.2.3