On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:02:29AM +0530, Raghavendra K T wrote: > On 03/23/2012 01:35 PM, Raghavendra K T wrote: > >The 6-patch series to follow this email extends KVM-hypervisor and Linux guest > >running on KVM-hypervisor to support pv-ticket spinlocks, based on Xen's > >implementation. > > > >One hypercall is introduced in KVM hypervisor,that allows a vcpu to kick > >another vcpu out of halt state. > >The blocking of vcpu is done using halt() in (lock_spinning) slowpath. > >one MSR is added to aid live migration. > > > >Changes in V5: > >- rebased to 3.3-rc6 > >- added PV_UNHALT_MSR that would help in live migration (Avi) > >- removed PV_LOCK_KICK vcpu request and pv_unhalt flag (re)added. > > Sorry for pinging > I know it is busy time. But I hope to get response on these patches > in your free time, so that I can target next merge window for this. > (whether it has reached some good state or it is heading in reverse > direction!). it would really boost my morale. > especially MSR stuff and dropping vcpu request bit for PV unhalt. > > - Raghu Looks good. Only the MSR appears an abuse, since there is no need to expose the info to the guest. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
