Re: [RFC PATCH V2 4/4] Utilize the vmx preemption timer for tsc deadline timer

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2016-05-25 12:40+0200, Paolo Bonzini:
> On 25/05/2016 01:11, David Matlack wrote:
>> > However, it possibly has impact if the vCPU thread is scheduled in/out
>> > very frequently, because it switches from/to the hrtimer emulation a lot.
>> 
>> What is the cost of the extra sched-in/out hooks?
> 
> I still have to review this version of the patches, but I think they can
> be removed and moved to blocking/unblocking instead.

I this so as well.  hrtimer does not make a difference to a preempted
VCPU or VCPU in userspace, only the blocking sleep needs to be
interrupted.
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