[Xen-devel] vcpu/cpu

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Subject:	[Xen-devel] vcpu/cpu
From:	jd <jdsw2002@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:56:36 -0800 (PST)
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hey
    Wanted some clarification on the way xen schedules vcpus on physical cpus.

- Lets assume there are 8 physical cpus.

   If I set vcpu = 2, for a VM, can it use more that 2 physical cpu time ? i.e. does VM sees 2 more powerful processors ? Assuming that no-one else need it.

From the explanation of credit scheduler on the wiki, it seems that the guest kernel would not schedule more that 2 units for work at a time (as it sees 2 cpus). So it looks like the max it can consume is 200%... or max 2 physical cpu time.

Or the PV driver in the guest does better ?

Is there any difference between the PV guest and HVM guest in this regard ?

A related question is : Given the cpu utilization reported by xm top, can I infer cpu utilization within guest (reported by top, or task manager ?).

Any significant changes in cpu scheduling approach between xen versions.. xen 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 ?

Thanks.
/Jd

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