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
next prev parent 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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