[Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] vmx: Change the default Pause-Loop-Exiting "Gap" parameter

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# HG changeset patch
# User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1273650686 -3600
# Node ID 727ccaaa6cceb33780f51c77e24f806939af7a53
# Parent  9de69d816b11dd656595c1c4a5383d19a650334f
vmx: Change the default Pause-Loop-Exiting "Gap" parameter

PLE_Gap controls teh maximum allowable time between executions of
PAUSE in a busy loop. Essentially this controls the sensitivity of the
processor's busy-loop detection.

Changed the default PLE_Gap to 128 for
1. not using odd number like 41
2. getting a little bit more PLE vmexits to improve performance

Signed-off-by: Zhai Edwin <edwin.zhai@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -r 9de69d816b11 -r 727ccaaa6cce xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c       Wed May 12 08:49:13 2010 +0100
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c       Wed May 12 08:51:26 2010 +0100
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ boolean_param("unrestricted_guest", opt_
  * Time is measured based on a counter that runs at the same rate as the TSC,
  * refer SDM volume 3b section 21.6.13 & 22.1.3.
  */
-static unsigned int __read_mostly ple_gap = 41;
+static unsigned int __read_mostly ple_gap = 128;
 integer_param("ple_gap", ple_gap);
 static unsigned int __read_mostly ple_window = 4096;
 integer_param("ple_window", ple_window);

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