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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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> > paravirt, patching
> > ezr       Linux 2.6.21- 1000 0.25 0.53 31.8 34.4 10.1 1.04 5.44 730. 1583 4600
> > ezr       Linux 2.6.21- 1000 0.26 0.55 32.1 35.2 13.3 1.03 5.48 748. 1589 4606
> > ezr       Linux 2.6.21- 1000 0.26 0.54 32.0 34.9 14.1 1.04 5.43 752. 1606 4647
> 
> i guess this pretty much makes the case for patching ...

Yes, we definitely want to patch. Still it's unclear why it still shows slower stat.
Or could that be benchmark noise?

-Andi