On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:03:40 +0000, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/5/21 20:20, Marc Zyngier wrote: > > The kvm structure is pretty large. A large portion of it is the vcpu > > array, which is 4kB on x86_64 and arm64 as they deal with 512 vcpu > > VMs. Of course, hardly anyone runs VMs this big, so this is often a > > net waste of memory and cache locality. > > > > A possible approach is to turn the fixed-size array into an xarray, > > which results in a net code deletion after a bit of cleanup. > > > > This series is on top of the current linux/master as it touches the > > RISC-V implementation. Only tested on arm64. > > Queued, only locally until I get a review for my replacement of patch > 4 (see > https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20211116142205.719375-1-pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx/T/). In which case, let me send a v2 with the changes that we discussed with Sean. It will still have my version of patch 4, but that's nothing you can't fix. M. -- Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
