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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC 1/2] kvm vcpu: Note down pause loop exit
On 07/12/2012 04:28 PM, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:22:29 +0530, Raghavendra K T<raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>> On 07/11/2012 02:23 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>>>
>>> This adds some tiny overhead to vcpu entry. You could remove it by
>>> using the vcpu->requests mechanism to clear the flag, since
>>> vcpu->requests is already checked on every entry.
>>
>> So IIUC, let's have request bit for indicating PLE,
>>
>> pause_interception() /handle_pause()
>> {
>> make_request(PLE_REQUEST)
>> vcpu_on_spin()
>>
>> }
>>
>> check_eligibility()
>> {
>> !test_request(PLE_REQUEST) || ( test_request(PLE_REQUEST)&&
>> dy_eligible())
>> .
>> .
>> }
>>
>> vcpu_run()
>> {
>>
>> check_request(PLE_REQUEST)
>>
> I know check_request will clear PLE_REQUEST, but you just need a
> clear_request here, right?
>

Yes. tried to use check_request for clearing. But I ended up in
different implementation. (latest thread)




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