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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] TCG question reg. tcg_cpu_exec()
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To: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com>
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On 14/03/2016 16:26, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> I am trying to understand what scenarios can result in no TBs
> executing for that CPU. My understanding is that there is a pending
> operation which needs to be handled before we can execute TBs from
> this CPU(I/O?).

For example the CPU could be halted and won't execute until it receives
an interrupt.

Paolo