On 07/09/2012 09:20 AM, Raghavendra K T wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Noting pause loop exited vcpu helps in filtering right candidate to yield.
> Yielding to same vcpu may result in more wastage of cpu.
>
>
> struct kvm_lpage_info {
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> index f75af40..a492f5d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -3264,6 +3264,7 @@ static int interrupt_window_interception(struct
> vcpu_svm *svm)
>
> static int pause_interception(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> {
> + svm->vcpu.arch.plo.pause_loop_exited = true;
> kvm_vcpu_on_spin(&(svm->vcpu));
> return 1;
> }
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 32eb588..600fb3c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -4945,6 +4945,7 @@ out:
> static int handle_pause(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
> + vcpu->arch.plo.pause_loop_exited = true;
> kvm_vcpu_on_spin(vcpu);
>
This code is duplicated. Should we move it to kvm_vcpu_on_spin?
That means the .plo structure needs to be in common code, but that's not
too bad perhaps.
> index be6d549..07dbd14 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -5331,7 +5331,7 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> if (req_immediate_exit)
> smp_send_reschedule(vcpu->cpu);
> -
> + vcpu->arch.plo.pause_loop_exited = false;
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.
> kvm_guest_enter();
>
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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
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