WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-devel

[Xen-devel] CR4.TSD in guest kernel vs userland

To: "Xen-Devel (E-mail)" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] CR4.TSD in guest kernel vs userland
From: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:49:45 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:50:15 -0700
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
List-help: <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
Sender: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I was fretting about the overhead of emulating TSC in
guest kernels.  Is it possible (and relatively inexpensive)
to change CR4.TSD on every transition between guest
kernel and userland?  I suspect not, but thought
I'd check.  If so, what about HVM vs PV and 32-bit
vs 64-bit guest.

Thanks,
Dan

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>