On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:15:23AM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 08/27/2009 04:20 AM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: >> Split KVM_REQ_KICKED in two bits: KVM_VCPU_KICKED, to indicate >> whether a vcpu has been IPI'ed, and KVM_VCPU_GUEST_MODE, in a separate >> vcpu_state variable. >> >> Unify remote requests with kvm_vcpu_kick. >> >> Synchronous requests wait on KVM_VCPU_GUEST_MODE, via >> wait_on_bit/wake_up_bit. >> >> > > I did miss guest_mode. > >> + unsigned long vcpu_state; >> > > Why not bool guest_mode? Saves two atomics per exit.
It must be atomic since GUEST_MODE / VCPU_KICKED bits are manipulated by multiple CPU's. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
