Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH 0/2][RFC] set rr0 to rr4 hyperprivop

[Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 14:59 +0900, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> This patch introduce set rr0 to rr4 hyperprivop to reduce context switch
> overhead.
> 
> Linux/ia64 changes region registers from rr0 to rr4 when context switch
> so that XenLinux issues 5 set_rr hyperprivops.
> This patch introduces the hyperprivops to change and reduce the cost
> to about 1/4 - 1/5. This rage is very reasonable because its overhead
> comes from hypercall trap cost.
> 
> [PATCH 1/2][RFC] set rr0 to rr4 hyperprivop: Xen side
> [PATCH 2/2][RFC] set rr0 to rr4 hyperprivop: Linux side

   Both applied.  Thanks,

        Alex

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Alex Williamson                             HP Open Source & Linux Org.


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