Avi Kivity wrote: > Anthony Liguori wrote: > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> For KVM, it should be okay as well. But we can replace two CR4 accesses >>> with just one hypercall. >>> >>> >>> >> I was thinking the same thing :-) >> >> I was actually thinking about adding a hypercall to set/clear a bit in a >> control register. The thought here is that it would be useful not just >> for the global bit but also for CR0.TS although we would need another >> paravirt_op hook for stts. >> >> > > Are global tlb flushes frequent enough to warrant optimization? >
I don't think so, so I'm going to remove this from the series. I'm adding another an MMU batching patch which should be enough measurable performance advantage to warrant the series. Regards, Anthony Liguori ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
