Re: [PATCH V9 0/2] KVM: x86: Make bus clock frequency for vAPIC timer configurable

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On Fri, Jun 28, 2024, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Sean,
> 
> On 6/28/24 3:55 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:16:10 -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> > > Changes from v8:
> > > - v8: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1718043121.git.reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx/
> > > - Many changes to new udelay() utility patch as well as the APIC bus
> > >    frequency test aimed to make it more robust (additional ASSERTs,
> > >    consistent types, eliminate duplicate code, etc.) and useful with
> > >    support for more user configuration. Please refer to individual patches for
> > >    detailed changes.
> > > - Series applies cleanly to next branch of kvm-x86 with HEAD
> > >    e4e9e1067138e5620cf0500c3e5f6ebfb9d322c8.
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > 
> > Applied to kvm-x86 misc, with all the changes mentioned in my earlier replies.
> > I'm out next week, and don't want to merge the KVM changes without these tests,
> > hence the rushed application.
> > 
> > Please holler if you disagree with anything (or if I broke something).  I won't
> > respond until July 8th at the earliest, but worst case scenario we can do fixup
> > patches after 6.11-rc1.
> 
> Thank you very much for taking the time to make the changes and apply the patches.
> All the changes look good to me and passes my testing.
> 
> Now that the x86 udelay() utility no longer use cpu_relax(), should ARM
> and RISC-V's udelay() be modified to match in this regard? I can prepare
> (unable to test) changes for you to consider on your return.

I don't think so?  IIUC, arm64's "yield", used by cpu_relax() doesn't trigger the
"on spin" exists.  Such exist are only triggered by "wfet" and friends.




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