Re: [PATCH] libxc bitmap utils and vcpu-affinity

[Dulloor <dulloor@gmail.com>]

I meant utils for **xenctl_cpumap**

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Dulloor <dulloor@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fine, I agree with you both. Attached is a patch adding utils for
> xenctl_bitmap (to libxc) and using the same in vcpu_(get|set)affinity.
> For the guest-numa interface, I will see if I can use xenctl_cpumap.
>
> -dulloor
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com> wrote:
>> On 23/03/2010 10:10, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@novell.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Dulloor <dulloor@gmail.com> 22.03.10 18:44 >>>
>>>> Motivation for using xenctl_cpumask in Xen interfaces :
>>>> - xenctl_cpumap is just 4 bytes smaller than static xenctl_cpumask for
>>>> 128 cpus (128 would be good for quite some time). However, the new
>>>
>>> I don't buy this (we're already building for 256 CPUs, looking forward
>>> to further bump this in the not too distant future), and I'm generally
>>> opposed to introducing hard coded limits in a public interface.
>>
>> We should use xenctl_cpumask everywhere for specifying physical CPU bitmaps,
>> even into guest NUMA interfaces if appropriate. I don't really care if it is
>> a bit harder to use than a static bitmap.
>>
>>  -- Keir
>>
>>
>>
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