Re: [Qemu-devel] Main loop

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

malc wrote:
> Now that we have talked i see the problem and it basically boils down
> to this: kvm can(and does) run multiple vcpus in multiple threads,
> qemu always uses one, on top of this you are mainly interested in KVM
> and i'm _only_ interested in TCG.

The multiple vcpus in multiple threads model is the right one for TCG 
too.  Both Paul and Fabrice have expressed interest in this in the 
past.  For certain architecture combinations, it may not be that bad to 
implement either.

>  The way i see it the best approach
> would be to factor out main loop into separate file and let QEMU and
> KVM go their own separate ways w.r.t. this new entity.
>   
OTOH, if most of the heavy lifting (like IO dispatch) can be refactored 
to shared functions, two main loops may not be so bad.


Regards,

Anthony Liguori