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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH RFC V2 3/5] kvm hypervisor : Add two hypercalls t

To: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH RFC V2 3/5] kvm hypervisor : Add two hypercalls to support pv-ticketlock
From: Raghavendra K T <raghukt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:54:02 +0530
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On 10/24/2011 07:20 PM, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote:
* Avi Kivity<avi@xxxxxxxxxx>  [2011-10-24 15:09:25]:

I guess with that change, we can also dropthe need for other hypercall
introduced in this patch (kvm_pv_kick_cpu_op()). Essentially a vcpu sleeping
because of HLT instruction can be woken up by a IPI issued by vcpu releasing a
lock.

Not if interrupts are disabled.

Hmm yes ..so we need a kick hypercall then.


So then do also you foresee the need for directed yield at some point, to address LHP? provided we have good improvements to prove.

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