Re: [PATCH RFC V6 0/11] Paravirtualized ticketlocks
From: Raghavendra K T
Date: Mon Apr 02 2012 - 08:16:12 EST
On 04/02/2012 03:21 PM, Raghavendra K T wrote:
On 04/01/2012 07:23 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 04/01/2012 04:48 PM, Raghavendra K T wrote:
>>>> I have patch something like below in mind to try:
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 5127668..3fa912a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1557,12 +1557,17 @@ void mark_page_dirty(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
mark_page_dirty_in_slot(kvm, memslot, gfn);
}
+#define YIELD_THRESHOLD 2048
+static void kvm_vcpu_try_yield_to(struct kvm_vcpu *me);
/*
* The vCPU has executed a HLT instruction with in-kernel mode enabled.
*/
void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
[...]
+ if (loop_count++ % YIELD_THRESHOLD)
+ schedule();
+ else
+ kvm_vcpu_try_yield_to(vcpu);
}
+static void kvm_vcpu_try_yield(struct kvm_vcpu *me)
yes, it is kvm_vcpu_try_yield_to. had changed the name just before
sending. sorry.
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