Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:13:55 +0300 | From | Avi Kivity <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] SCHED: Generic hooks for trapping task preemption |
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Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote: > > >>> This adds a general mechanism whereby a task can request the >>> scheduler to notify it whenever it is preempted or scheduled back >>> in. This allows the task to swap any special-purpose registers like >>> the fpu or Intel's VT registers. >>> >> ok, this looks very clean, i've added it to my scheduler tree. You've >> tested this with KVM, on both 32-bit and 64-bit, correct? >> > > note: i've done a hook -> notifier rename - 'hook' is way too generic > sounding and also slightly loaded. (updated patch below) > >
Okay, both i386 and x86_64 are happy (with the missing 'next' argument added, but with the old hook name).
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