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From: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
To: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, bgardon@google.com,
	shuah@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, drjones@redhat.com,
	will@kernel.org, zhenyzha@redhat.com, dmatlack@google.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pbonzini@redhat.com,
	oliver.upton@linux.dev, shan.gavin@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] KVM: x86: Introduce KVM_REQ_RING_SOFT_FULL
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 12:17:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YyiV/l7O23aw5aaO@xz-m1.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a2e0b9bc-2c67-8683-d722-7298bd65058c@redhat.com>

On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 09:58:10AM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
> I think Marc's explanation makes sense. It won't make difference in terms
> of performance. We need to explicitly handle barrier when kvm_test_request()
> is used. So I prefer to keep the code if Peter agrees.

No strong opinion here. I keep thinking clear+set look awkward even if it's
unlikely path to trigger (ring should be recycled when reaching here for
any sane user app), but if it's already 2:1 then please go ahead. :)

Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-09-19 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-16  4:51 [PATCH v2 0/5] KVM: arm64: Enable ring-based dirty memory tracking Gavin Shan
2022-09-16  4:51 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] KVM: x86: Introduce KVM_REQ_RING_SOFT_FULL Gavin Shan
2022-09-16 18:09   ` Peter Xu
2022-09-18  9:00     ` Marc Zyngier
2022-09-18 23:58       ` Gavin Shan
2022-09-19  9:22         ` Marc Zyngier
2022-09-19 16:17         ` Peter Xu [this message]
2022-09-16  4:51 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] KVM: arm64: Enable ring-based dirty memory tracking Gavin Shan
2022-09-17 15:10   ` kernel test robot
2022-09-19  1:27     ` Gavin Shan
2022-09-16  4:51 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] KVM: selftests: Use host page size to map ring buffer in dirty_log_test Gavin Shan
2022-09-16  4:51 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] KVM: selftests: Clear dirty ring states between two modes " Gavin Shan
2022-09-16  4:51 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: selftests: Automate choosing dirty ring size " Gavin Shan

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