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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Cc: kvm-devel <kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [announce] [patch] KVM paravirtualization for Linux
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:43:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070108094359.GB30482@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45A20F60.20207@qumranet.com>


* Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com> wrote:

> Looks like a lot of complexity for very little gain.  I'm not sure 
> what the vmwrite cost is, cut it can't be that high compared to 
> vmexit.

while i disagree with characterising one extra parameter passed down 
plus one extra branch as 'a lot of complexity', i agree that making the 
flush a NOP on VMX is even better. (if it's possible without breaking 
future hardware) I guess you are right that the only true cost here is 
the vmwrite cost, and that there's no impact on CR3 flushing (because it 
happens unconditionally). Forget about this patch.

	Ingo

      reply	other threads:[~2007-01-08  9:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-05 21:52 [announce] [patch] KVM paravirtualization for Linux Ingo Molnar
2007-01-05 22:15 ` Zachary Amsden
2007-01-05 22:30   ` Ingo Molnar
2007-01-05 22:50     ` Zachary Amsden
2007-01-05 23:28       ` Ingo Molnar
2007-01-05 23:02 ` [kvm-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2007-01-06 13:08 ` Pavel Machek
2007-01-07 18:29   ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-01-08 18:18   ` Christoph Lameter
2007-01-07 12:20 ` Avi Kivity
2007-01-07 17:42   ` [kvm-devel] " Hollis Blanchard
2007-01-07 17:44   ` Ingo Molnar
2007-01-08  8:22     ` Avi Kivity
2007-01-08  8:39       ` Ingo Molnar
2007-01-08  9:08         ` Avi Kivity
2007-01-08  9:18           ` Ingo Molnar
2007-01-08  9:31             ` Avi Kivity
2007-01-08  9:43               ` Ingo Molnar [this message]

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