From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 08/19] cpus: document that qemu_cpu_kick() can be used for BQL-less operation
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 12:12:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250908101241.2110068-9-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250908101241.2110068-1-pbonzini@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
include/hw/core/cpu.h | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/hw/core/cpu.h b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
index 23bd02277f4..8b57bcd92c9 100644
--- a/include/hw/core/cpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
@@ -829,7 +829,8 @@ bool qemu_cpu_is_self(CPUState *cpu);
* qemu_cpu_kick:
* @cpu: The vCPU to kick.
*
- * Kicks @cpu's thread.
+ * Kicks @cpu's thread to exit the accelerator. For accelerators that
+ * can do that, the target vCPU thread will try not to take the BQL.
*/
void qemu_cpu_kick(CPUState *cpu);
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-08 10:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-08 10:12 [PATCH v3 00/19] accel, cpus: clean up cpu->exit_request Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 01/19] target/ppc: limit cpu_interrupt_exittb to system emulation Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 02/19] target/sparc: limit cpu_check_irqs " Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 03/19] target/i386: limit a20 " Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 04/19] target-arm: remove uses of cpu_interrupt() for user-mode emulation Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 05/19] user-exec: remove cpu_interrupt() stub Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 06/19] treewide: clear bits of cs->interrupt_request with cpu_reset_interrupt() Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 07/19] cpu-common: use atomic access for interrupt_request Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 09/19] accel: use store_release/load_acquire for cross-thread exit_request Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 10/19] accel: use atomic accesses for exit_request Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 11/19] accel/tcg: create a thread-kick function for TCG Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 12/19] accel/tcg: inline cpu_exit() Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 13/19] cpus: remove TCG-ism from cpu_exit() Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 14/19] cpus: properly kick CPUs out of inner execution loop Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-10 7:13 ` Richard Henderson
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 15/19] treewide: rename qemu_wait_io_event/qemu_wait_io_event_common Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-10 7:14 ` Richard Henderson
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 16/19] bsd-user, linux-user: introduce qemu_process_cpu_events Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 17/19] cpus: clear exit_request in qemu_process_cpu_events Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 18/19] accel: make all calls to qemu_process_cpu_events look the same Paolo Bonzini
2025-09-08 10:12 ` [PATCH 19/19] tcg/user: do not set exit_request gratuitously Paolo Bonzini
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