Re: [patch] remove vcpu_info array v5

Avi Kivity
2008-11-10T15:54:34Z

Jes Sorensen wrote:
> If we have reasons where we actually rely on the cpu number, and thats
> not counting end-user pretty-number-print concerns, then I found that
> we practically never use the cpu number. If we really use it a lot, I
> agree we need a fast way, I just didn't hit it in my builds. What did I
> miss?
>

The code I mentioned only runs if the -no-kvm-irqchip option is passed.
It's not the highest performing option...

So this isn't used a lot. But cpus definitely use cpu numbers (as apic
ids), so qemu needs to be prepared to handle this. As to scalability,
that takes will take a lot more work than removing/changing arbitrary
limits. Look at qemu_mutex and weep.

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