Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] kvm: Be courteous to other VMs in overcommitted scenario in PLE handler

[Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>]

On 09/21/2012 03:00 PM, Raghavendra K T wrote:
> From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> When PLE handler fails to find a better candidate to yield_to, it
> goes back and does spin again. This is acceptable when we do not
> have overcommit.
> But in overcommitted scenarios (especially when we have large
> number of small guests), it is better to yield.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 8323685..713b677 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -1660,6 +1660,10 @@ void kvm_vcpu_on_spin(struct kvm_vcpu *me)
>  			}
>  		}
>  	}
> +	/* In overcommitted cases, yield instead of spinning */
> +	if (!yielded && rq_nr_running() > 1)
> +		schedule();
> +

I think this is a no-op these (CFS) days.  To get schedule() to do
anything, you need to wake up a task, or let time pass, or block.
Otherwise it will see that nothing has changed and as far as it's
concerned you're still the best task to be running (otherwise it
wouldn't have picked you in the first place).


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