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From: "Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@kernel.org>,
	Raghavendra KT <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Vinod Chegu <chegu_vinod@hp.com>, Hui-Zhi <hui-zhi.zhao@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] KVM: VMX: clamp PLE window
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:46:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140820124607.GD28873@potion.brq.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53F44BAE.9040405@redhat.com>

2014-08-20 09:18+0200, Paolo Bonzini:
> Il 19/08/2014 22:35, Radim Krčmář ha scritto:
> > Modifications could get unwanted values of PLE window. (low or negative)
> > Use ple_window and the maximal value that cannot overflow as bounds.
> > 
> > ple_window_max defaults to a very high value, but it would make sense to
> > set it to some fraction of the scheduler tick.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
> > ---
> Please introduce a dynamic overflow-avoiding ple_window_max (like what
> you have in patch 9) already in patch 4...
> 
> >  static void shrink_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > @@ -5720,7 +5724,7 @@ static void shrink_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  	else
> >  		new = old - ple_window_shrink;
> >  
> > -	vmx->ple_window = new;
> > +	vmx->ple_window = max(new, ple_window);
> 
> ... and also squash this in patch 4.
> 
> This patch can then introduce the ple_window_max module parameter (using
> module_param_cb to avoid overflows).

Will do.

---
It is going to make the patches slightly harder to review;
Are we doing it because git doesn't bisect on series boundaries?

  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-20 12:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-19 20:35 [PATCH 0/9] Dynamic Pause Loop Exiting window Radim Krčmář
2014-08-19 20:35 ` [PATCH 1/9] KVM: add kvm_arch_sched_in Radim Krčmář
2014-08-20  7:47   ` Christian Borntraeger
2014-08-20 12:56     ` Radim Krčmář
2014-08-19 20:35 ` [PATCH 2/9] KVM: x86: introduce sched_in to kvm_x86_ops Radim Krčmář
2014-08-19 20:35 ` [PATCH 3/9] KVM: VMX: make PLE window per-vcpu Radim Krčmář
2014-08-20  7:13   ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-08-20 12:26     ` Radim Krčmář
2014-08-19 20:35 ` [PATCH 4/9] KVM: VMX: dynamise PLE window Radim Krčmář
2014-08-19 20:35 ` [PATCH 5/9] KVM: VMX: clamp " Radim Krčmář
2014-08-20  7:18   ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-08-20 12:46     ` Radim Krčmář [this message]
2014-08-19 20:35 ` [PATCH 6/9] KVM: trace kvm_ple_window grow/shrink Radim Krčmář
2014-08-19 20:35 ` [PATCH 7/9] KVM: VMX: abstract ple_window modifiers Radim Krčmář
2014-08-20  7:02   ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-08-20 12:25     ` Radim Krčmář
2014-08-19 20:35 ` [PATCH 8/9] KVM: VMX: runtime knobs for dynamic PLE window Radim Krčmář
2014-08-19 20:35 ` [PATCH 9/9] KVM: VMX: automatic PLE window maximum Radim Krčmář
2014-08-20  7:16   ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-08-20  7:18     ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-08-20 12:41     ` Radim Krčmář
2014-08-20 13:15       ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-08-20 15:31         ` Radim Krčmář
2014-08-20 15:34           ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-08-20 16:01             ` Radim Krčmář
2014-08-20 16:03               ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-08-20 16:26                 ` Radim Krčmář
2014-08-21  6:48 ` [PATCH 0/9] Dynamic Pause Loop Exiting window Zhao, Hui-Zhi (Steven, HPservers-Core-OE-PSC)

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