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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Don't update PPR on any APIC read
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:48:09 -0300
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 05:41:00PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> The current code will update the PPR on almost any APIC read; however
> that's only required if we read the PPR.
> 
> kvm_update_ppr() shows up in some profiles, albeit with a low usage (~1%).
> This should reduce it further (it will still be called during interrupt
> processing).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>

Applied, thanks.