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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC -v2 PATCH 2/3] sched: add yield_to function
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:49:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D0F34C0.9000400@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1292842010.11946.39.camel@marge.simson.net>

On 12/20/2010 12:46 PM, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> >
> >  However, if I'm all alone on my cpu, and the other task is runnable but
> >  not running, behind some unrelated task, then I do need that task to be
> >  preempted (or to move tasks around).
>
> So in that case, a pull may be advantageous.

Yes.

> >  >  Would a kick/hint option be useful?
> >
> >  Depends on what it does...
>
> Let you decide whether you only want to drop a hint and leave it at
> that, or also attempt a preemption.

Who is "you" in this?  the scheduler?

I'm fine with hints so long as they are usually acted upon (if it isn't, 
I'll go back to the guest, spin a bit more, and retry).

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


  reply	other threads:[~2010-12-20 10:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-14  3:44 [RFC -v2 PATCH 0/3] directed yield for Pause Loop Exiting Rik van Riel
2010-12-14  3:45 ` [RFC -v2 PATCH 1/3] kvm: keep track of which task is running a KVM vcpu Rik van Riel
2010-12-14  3:46 ` [RFC -v2 PATCH 2/3] sched: add yield_to function Rik van Riel
2010-12-14  6:08   ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-14 10:24     ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-14 11:03       ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-14 11:26         ` Srivatsa Vaddagiri
2010-12-14 12:47           ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-16 19:49     ` Rik van Riel
2010-12-17  6:56       ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-17  7:15         ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-18 17:08           ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-18 19:13             ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-19  6:08               ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-20 15:40           ` Rik van Riel
2010-12-20 16:04             ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-28  5:54               ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-28  6:08                 ` Gene Heskett
2010-12-28  6:16                   ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-28 16:18                     ` Gene Heskett
2010-12-28 22:34                 ` Rik van Riel
2010-12-17 15:09         ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-17 19:51           ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-18 17:02             ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-18 19:06               ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-19  6:21                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-19 10:05                   ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-19  9:19                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-19 11:18                       ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-20  8:39                       ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-20  8:45                         ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-20  8:55                           ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-20  9:03                             ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-20  9:30                               ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-20  9:46                                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-20 10:33                                   ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-20 10:39                                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-20 10:46                                       ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-20 10:49                                         ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2010-12-20 10:50                                           ` Mike Galbraith
2010-12-20 11:06                                             ` Avi Kivity
2010-12-14 12:22   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-12-18 14:50     ` Rik van Riel
2010-12-14  3:48 ` [RFC -v2 PATCH 3/3] kvm: use yield_to instead of sleep in kvm_vcpu_on_spin Rik van Riel

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