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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH RFC V2 3/5] kvm hypervisor : Add two hypercalls t
 
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Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx> | 
 
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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH RFC V2 3/5] kvm hypervisor : Add two hypercalls to support pv-ticketlock | 
 
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Raghavendra K T <raghukt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | 
 
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Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:30:46 +0530 | 
 
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x86@xxxxxxxxxx, KVM <kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Virtualization <virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>,	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>, Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Xen <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx>,	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>,	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>, LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Suzuki Poulose <suzuki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | 
 
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On 10/24/2011 03:31 PM, Sasha Levin wrote:
 
On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 00:35 +0530, Raghavendra K T wrote:
 
Add two hypercalls to KVM hypervisor to support pv-ticketlocks.
+static void kvm_pv_kick_cpu_op(struct kvm *kvm, int cpu)
+{
+       struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, cpu);
+
+       if (vcpu) {
+               vcpu->kicked = 1;
 
I'm not sure about it, but maybe we want a memory barrier over here?
 
 
 Yes, Thanks for pointing this. Avi Kivity also pointed same. 'll add 
barrier() here.
 
 
+               wake_up_interruptible(&vcpu->wq);
+       }
+}
 
 
 
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