On 23/06/14 08:24, Justin Cormack wrote:
> Well you can fork a running kernel as it has no threads

Finally! ;)

> Yes, that should fit much better. Need to be careful about the cases
> where aio says it may still block.
>
> Also need to fix the scheduler as it currently busy waits even when
> all processes are sleeping, it could do a host sleep there, or poll
> for io with a timeout.

Hmm, yea, blocking hypercalls (especially ones used by I/O drivers, e.g. 
dpdk and netmap) will need revamping and a plan(tm).

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