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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Implement H_CEDE hcall for book3s_hv in real-mode code
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:31:33 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110803033133.GB17893@drongo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E380DEC.8030803@suse.de>

On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 04:47:08PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:

> >  int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_interrupt *irq)
> >  {
> >-	if (irq->irq == KVM_INTERRUPT_UNSET)
> >+	if (irq->irq == KVM_INTERRUPT_UNSET) {
> >  		kvmppc_core_dequeue_external(vcpu, irq);
> >-	else
> >-		kvmppc_core_queue_external(vcpu, irq);
> >+		return 0;
> >+	}
> 
> Not sure I understand this part. Mind to explain?

It's a micro-optimization - we don't really need to wake up or
interrupt the vcpu thread when we're clearing the interrupt.
Unless of course I'm missing something... :)

> 
> Alex
> 
> >+
> >+	kvmppc_core_queue_external(vcpu, irq);
> >
> >-	if (waitqueue_active(&vcpu->wq)) {
> >-		wake_up_interruptible(&vcpu->wq);
> >+	if (waitqueue_active(vcpu->arch.wqp)) {
> >+		wake_up_interruptible(vcpu->arch.wqp);
> >  		vcpu->stat.halt_wakeup++;
> >  	} else if (vcpu->cpu != -1) {
> >  		smp_send_reschedule(vcpu->cpu);

Paul.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-03  3:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-23  7:41 [PATCH 1/3] KVM: PPC: Assemble book3s{,_hv}_rmhandlers.S separately Paul Mackerras
2011-07-23  7:41 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: PPC: book3s_pr: Simplify transitions between virtual and real mode Paul Mackerras
2011-07-23  7:42 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Implement H_CEDE hcall for book3s_hv in real-mode code Paul Mackerras
2011-08-02 14:47   ` Alexander Graf
2011-08-03  3:31     ` Paul Mackerras [this message]
2011-08-02 12:20 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: PPC: Assemble book3s{, _hv}_rmhandlers.S separately Alexander Graf
2011-08-10 23:58   ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: PPC: Assemble book3s{,_hv}_rmhandlers.S separately Paul Mackerras
2011-08-11  1:00     ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: PPC: Assemble book3s{, _hv}_rmhandlers.S separately Alexander Graf

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