> > > Once we go change silicon, you might as well do it right. > > > > > > > None of the major x86 vendors are under my control. > > I thought this patch came from AMD, who changed their silicon > so 'solve' one of these virt problems. Right, and the change we came up with was to provide a method for filtering PAUSEs and then intercepting after a certain number. It may not be the solution you wanted, but I can't change the silicon design that has the feature at this point. -Mark Langsdorf Operating System Research Center AMD -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html