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SubjectRe: [PATCH] sched: introduce configurable delay before entering idle
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On 5/13/19 7:51 AM, Raslan, KarimAllah wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-05-13 at 07:31 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> On May 13, 2019 5:20:37 AM EDT, Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 8 May 2019 at 02:57, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Certain workloads perform poorly on KVM compared to baremetal
>>>> due to baremetal's ability to perform mwait on NEED_RESCHED
>>>> bit of task flags (therefore skipping the IPI).
>>> KVM supports expose mwait to the guest, if it can solve this?
>>>
>>
>> There is a bit of problem with that. The host will see 100% CPU utilization even if the guest is idle and taking long naps..
>>
>> Which depending on your dashboard can look like the machine is on fire.
> This can also be fixed. I have a patch that kind of expose proper information 
> about the *real* utilization here if that would be help.

Yes, that would certainly be interesting to see. Thanks.


--boris

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