Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-09-12 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
On 09/06/15 16:52, Paul Mackerras wrote: On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 12:47:12PM -0700, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: Anything I can do to help move these along? It's a big performance improvement for FreeBSD guests. These patches are in Paolo's kvm-ppc-next branch and should go into Linus' tree

Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-09-12 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
On 09/06/15 16:52, Paul Mackerras wrote: On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 12:47:12PM -0700, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: Anything I can do to help move these along? It's a big performance improvement for FreeBSD guests. These patches are in Paolo's kvm-ppc-next branch and should go into Linus' tree

Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-09-06 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
Fantastic, thanks! -Nathan On 09/06/15 16:52, Paul Mackerras wrote: On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 12:47:12PM -0700, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: Anything I can do to help move these along? It's a big performance improvement for FreeBSD guests. These patches are in Paolo's kvm-ppc-next branch and should

Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-09-06 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
Fantastic, thanks! -Nathan On 09/06/15 16:52, Paul Mackerras wrote: On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 12:47:12PM -0700, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: Anything I can do to help move these along? It's a big performance improvement for FreeBSD guests. These patches are in Paolo's kvm-ppc-next branch and should

Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-09-06 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
Anything I can do to help move these along? It's a big performance improvement for FreeBSD guests. -Nathan On 07/27/15 10:31, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: I've been running with these patches and a FreeBSD guest for a while now and they work very well, providing big performance improvements

Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-09-06 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
Anything I can do to help move these along? It's a big performance improvement for FreeBSD guests. -Nathan On 07/27/15 10:31, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: I've been running with these patches and a FreeBSD guest for a while now and they work very well, providing big performance improvements

Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-07-27 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
I've been running with these patches and a FreeBSD guest for a while now and they work very well, providing big performance improvements in tight memory situations. Thanks! I did have to patch QEMU to enable the hypercalls, however -- it might be worth adding them to the default set since

Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-07-27 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
I've been running with these patches and a FreeBSD guest for a while now and they work very well, providing big performance improvements in tight memory situations. Thanks! I did have to patch QEMU to enable the hypercalls, however -- it might be worth adding them to the default set since

Re: H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-04-11 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
On 02/18/15 15:33, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: On 02/18/15 14:00, Paul Mackerras wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 09:34:54AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: Am 18.02.2015 um 07:12 schrieb Nathan Whitehorn nwhiteh...@freebsd.org: It seems like KVM doesn't implement the H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

Re: H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-04-11 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
On 02/18/15 15:33, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: On 02/18/15 14:00, Paul Mackerras wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 09:34:54AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: Am 18.02.2015 um 07:12 schrieb Nathan Whitehorn nwhiteh...@freebsd.org: It seems like KVM doesn't implement the H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

Re: H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-02-18 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
On 02/18/15 14:00, Paul Mackerras wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 09:34:54AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: Am 18.02.2015 um 07:12 schrieb Nathan Whitehorn nwhiteh...@freebsd.org: It seems like KVM doesn't implement the H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD hypervisor calls, which are absolutely critical

Re: H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-02-18 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
On 02/18/15 14:00, Paul Mackerras wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 09:34:54AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: Am 18.02.2015 um 07:12 schrieb Nathan Whitehorn nwhiteh...@freebsd.org: It seems like KVM doesn't implement the H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD hypervisor calls, which are absolutely critical

H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD

2015-02-17 Thread Nathan Whitehorn
It seems like KVM doesn't implement the H_CLEAR_REF and H_CLEAR_MOD hypervisor calls, which are absolutely critical for memory management in the FreeBSD kernel (and are marked mandatory in the PAPR manual). It seems some patches have been contributed already in