Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Optimize vcpu->requests processing

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On 09/24/2012 12:19 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> On 09/24/2012 05:48 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> On 09/24/2012 07:55 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>>> On 07/10/2012 01:05 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>>>> Currently, any time a request bit is set (not too uncommon) we check all of them.
>>>> This patchset optimizes the process slightly by skipping over unset bits using
>>>> for_each_set_bit().
>>>>
>>>
>>> I also notice that kvm_check_request costs lots of cpu time. What is the status
>>> of this patchset?
>>>
>> 
>> I had problems getting rid of KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER.  I'll try again.
>> 
>> In what workloads did you see kvm_check_request()?
>> 
> 
> Run kernbench on guest, and use perf to sample, this function is really
> hot.
> 

I don't see it at all.  Westmere, 4-way guest.

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