Re: [RFC PATCH V2 2/4] Utilize the vmx preemption timer

[yunhong jiang <yunhong.jiang@linux.intel.com>]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:41:07 +0200
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 14/06/2016 15:23, Roman Kagan wrote:
> >> >  
> >> > +static int cpu_preemption_timer_multi;
> >> > +static bool __read_mostly enable_hv_timer;
> >> > +module_param_named(enable_hv_timer, enable_hv_timer, bool,
> >> > S_IRUGO); +
> > Non-techincal issue: I think the naming for the parameter is
> > unfortunate, as it looks similar to a number of CPU properties in
> > QEMU that start with "hv-", which are all related to MS Hyper-V
> > compatibility features.
> 
> Non-technical but important.  Let's change it to preemption_timer (and
> the variable to enable_preemption_timer).
> 
> The code can keep the "hv_timer" moniker though.

Hi, Paolo, should I resend the patch for this change?

Thanks
--jyh

> 
> Paolo