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From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/2] do not run halted vcpu's
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:31:08 +0300
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Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> KVM: x86: do not execute halted vcpus
>
> Alright, need_resched was actually checked in vcpu_enter_guest, so this
> checks signal_pending too:
>
> Offline or uninitialized vcpu's can be executed if requested to perform
> userspace work. 
>
> Follow Avi's suggestion to handle halted vcpu's in the main loop,
> simplifying kvm_emulate_halt(). Introduce a new vcpu->requests bit to
> indicate events that promote state from halted to running.
>
> Also standardize vcpu wake sites.
>   

Applied, thanks.

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