Re: [PATCH][KVM][retry 1] Add support for Pause Filtering to AMDSVM

[Ingo Molnar]

* Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> I.e. the 3000 cycles value itself could be eliminated as well. 
>> (with just a common-sense max of say 100,000 cycles enforced)
>
> Yeah, though that has a much smaller effect as it's only 
> responsible for a few microseconds of spinning.

3000 cycles would be 1-2 usecs. Isnt the VM exit+entry cost still in 
that range?

	Ingo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/