Re: [PATCH RFC V3 2/4] kvm hypervisor : Add a hypercall to KVM hypervisorto support pv-ticketlocks

[Avi Kivity]

On 12/07/2011 03:39 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > Also I think we can keep the kicked flag in vcpu->requests, no need for
> > new storage.
>
> Was going to suggest it but it violates the currently organized
> processing of entries at the beginning of vcpu_enter_guest.
>
> That is, this "kicked" flag is different enough from vcpu->requests
> processing that a separate variable seems worthwhile (even more
> different with convertion to MP_STATE at KVM_GET_MP_STATE).

IMO, it's similar to KVM_REQ_EVENT (which can also cause mpstate to
change due to apic re-evaluation).

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