Re: [PATCH][RFC] kvm-scheduler integration

[Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>]

* Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> >> Won't that increase task_struct (16 bytes on 64-bit) unnecessarily?  
> >> The function pointers are common to all virtual machines.
> >
> > well, this function pointer could then be reused by other virtual 
> > machines as well, couldnt it?
> 
> I don't get this.  If we add a couple of members to task_struct, it 
> can't be reused.  The values will be the same across all tasks, but 
> the memory will be gone (including tasks which aren't virtual 
> machines).

i mean, the function pointer is set by KVM, but it could be set to a 
different value by other hypervisors.

but ... no strong feelings either way, your patch is certainly fine.

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>

	Ingo

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