From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Takuya Yoshikawa <takuya.yoshikawa@gmail.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong.eric@gmail.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] KVM: MMU: fast page fault
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:38:57 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F857B61.9080602@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120411211514.35db29c11460516e604059b6@gmail.com>
On 04/11/2012 08:15 PM, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:58:44 +0800
> Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> No, i do not really agree with that.
>>
>> We really can get great benefit from O(1) especially if lockless write-protect
>> is introduced for O(1), live migration is very useful for cloud computing
>> architecture to balance the overload on all nodes.
>
> Recently, you said to me that you were not familiar with live migration.
> Actually you did not know the basics of pre-copy live migration.
>
> I know live migration better than you because NTT has Kemari and it uses
> live migration infrastructure. My work is originated from the data
> I got during profiling Kemari.
Well, my point is that live migration is so very useful that it is worth
to be improved, the description of your also proves this point.
What is your really want to say but i missed?
>
> SRCU-less dirty logging was also motivated by the pressures from scheduler
> developers. Everything was really needed.
>
Totally agree, please note, i did not negate your contribution on dirty
logging at all.
>
> Have you ever used live migration for real service?
>
I should admit that you are better at live migration, but it does not
hinder our discussion. If you think i was wrong, welcome to correct me
at any time.
> I cannot say whether O(1) is OK with me without any real background.
>
Okay, let us to compare the performance number after O(1) implemented.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-11 12:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-29 9:20 [PATCH 00/13] KVM: MMU: fast page fault Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 9:20 ` [PATCH 01/13] KVM: MMU: properly assert spte on rmap_next path Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 9:21 ` [PATCH 02/13] KVM: MMU: abstract spte write-protect Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 11:11 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-29 11:51 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 9:22 ` [PATCH 03/13] KVM: MMU: split FNAME(prefetch_invalid_gpte) Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 13:00 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-30 3:51 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 9:22 ` [PATCH 04/13] KVM: MMU: introduce FNAME(get_sp_gpa) Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 13:07 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-30 5:01 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-01 12:42 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-29 9:23 ` [PATCH 05/13] KVM: MMU: reset shadow_mmio_mask Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 13:10 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-29 15:28 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-29 16:24 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-29 9:23 ` [PATCH 06/13] KVM: VMX: export PFEC.P bit on ept Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 9:24 ` [PATCH 07/13] KVM: MMU: store more bits in rmap Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 9:25 ` [PATCH 08/13] KVM: MMU: fask check whether page is writable Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 15:49 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-30 5:10 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-01 15:52 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-05 17:54 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-12 23:08 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-04-13 10:26 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 9:25 ` [PATCH 09/13] KVM: MMU: get expected spte out of mmu-lock Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-01 15:53 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-05 18:25 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-09 12:28 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-09 13:16 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-09 13:21 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-29 9:26 ` [PATCH 10/13] KVM: MMU: store vcpu id in spte to notify page write-protect path Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 9:27 ` [PATCH 11/13] KVM: MMU: fast path of handling guest page fault Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-31 12:24 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-01 16:23 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-03 13:04 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-05 19:39 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 9:27 ` [PATCH 12/13] KVM: MMU: trace fast " Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 9:28 ` [PATCH 13/13] KVM: MMU: fix kvm_mmu_pagetable_walk tracepoint Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 10:18 ` [PATCH 00/13] KVM: MMU: fast page fault Avi Kivity
2012-03-29 11:40 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-29 12:57 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-30 9:18 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-03-31 13:12 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-01 12:58 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-05 21:57 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-06 5:24 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-09 13:20 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-09 13:59 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-09 13:12 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-09 13:55 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-09 14:01 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-09 14:25 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-09 17:58 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-04-09 18:13 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-09 19:31 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-04-09 18:26 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-09 19:46 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-04-10 3:06 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-10 10:04 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 1:47 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-04-11 9:15 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-10 10:39 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-10 11:40 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-10 11:58 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-11 12:15 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-11 12:38 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2012-04-11 14:14 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-11 14:21 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 22:26 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-13 14:25 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-15 9:32 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-16 15:49 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-16 16:02 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17 6:26 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-17 7:51 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17 12:37 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-17 12:41 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17 14:54 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-17 14:56 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18 13:42 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-17 6:16 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-10 10:10 ` Avi Kivity
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