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Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:45:38 +0200
From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] rcu: Allow rcu_user_enter()/exit() to nest
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On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 06:54:18PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/06/2012 03:00 PM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > Allow calls to rcu_user_enter() even if we are already
> > in userspace (as seen by RCU) and allow calls to rcu_user_exit()
> > even if we are already in the kernel.
> > 
> > This makes the APIs more flexible to be called from architectures.
> > Exception entries for example won't need to know if they come from
> > userspace before calling rcu_user_exit().
> 
> I guess I should switch kvm to rcu_user_enter() and co, so we can
> disable the tick while running in a guest.  But where are those
> functions?  What are the rules for calling them?

I guess we need to have a closer look at the guest case first. We probably need
to take some care about specifics in time and load accounting usually
handled by the tick before we can shut it down. RCU is only part of the
problem.