Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 1/2] kvm: support -overcommit cpu-pm=on|off

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On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 10:22:05PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> With this flag, kvm allows guest to control host CPU power state.  This
> increases latency for other processes using same host CPU in an
> unpredictable way, but if decreases idle entry/exit times for the
> running VCPU, so to use it QEMU needs a hint about whether host CPU is
> overcommitted, hence the flag name.
> 
> Follow-up patches will expose this capability to guest
> (using mwait leaf).
> 
> Based on a patch by Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@xxxxxxxxx> .
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Eduardo



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