Re: [RFC PATCH V2 2/4] Utilize the vmx preemption timer

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On 14/06/2016 18:46, yunhong jiang wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:41:07 +0200
> Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On 14/06/2016 15:23, Roman Kagan wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>> +static int cpu_preemption_timer_multi;
>>>>> +static bool __read_mostly enable_hv_timer;
>>>>> +module_param_named(enable_hv_timer, enable_hv_timer, bool,
>>>>> S_IRUGO); +
>>> Non-techincal issue: I think the naming for the parameter is
>>> unfortunate, as it looks similar to a number of CPU properties in
>>> QEMU that start with "hv-", which are all related to MS Hyper-V
>>> compatibility features.
>>
>> Non-technical but important.  Let's change it to preemption_timer (and
>> the variable to enable_preemption_timer).
>>
>> The code can keep the "hv_timer" moniker though.
> 
> Hi, Paolo, should I resend the patch for this change?

No, no need to.  I've already pushed the patches to kvm/queue.  I've
also separated all vmx bits to one patch and x86 to another.

Paolo
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