Re: [PATCH 13/16] KVM-HV: KVM Steal time calculation

[Rik van Riel]

On 01/24/2011 01:06 PM, Glauber Costa wrote:
> To implement steal time, we need the hypervisor to pass the guest information
> about how much time was spent running other processes outside the VM.
> We consider time to be potentially stolen everytime we schedule out the vcpu,
> until we schedule it in again. If this is, or if this will not, be accounted
> as steal time for the guest, is a guest's decision.
>
> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa<glommer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Rik van Riel<riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jeremy Fitzhardinge<jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Peter Zijlstra<peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Avi Kivity<avi@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
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