2017-11-10 0:00 GMT+08:00 Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>: > 2017-11-09 20:43+0800, Wanpeng Li: >> 2017-11-07 4:26 GMT+08:00 Eduardo Valentin <eduval@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> > Currently, the existing qspinlock implementation will fallback to >> > test-and-set if the hypervisor has not set the PV_UNHALT flag. >> > >> > This patch gives the opportunity to guest kernels to select >> > between test-and-set and the regular queueu fair lock implementation >> > based on the PV_DEDICATED KVM feature flag. When the PV_DEDICATED >> > flag is not set, the code will still fall back to test-and-set, >> > but when the PV_DEDICATED flag is set, the code will use >> > the regular queue spinlock implementation. >> > >> > With this patch, when in autoselect mode, the guest will >> > use the default spinlock implementation based on host feature >> > flags as follows: >> > >> > PV_DEDICATED = 1, PV_UNHALT = anything: default is qspinlock >> > PV_DEDICATED = 0, PV_UNHALT = 1: default is pvqspinlock >> > PV_DEDICATED = 0, PV_UNHALT = 0: default is tas >> > >> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > Cc: "Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> >> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> >> > Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx >> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > Cc: Jan H. Schoenherr <jschoenh@xxxxxxxxx> >> > Cc: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > Suggested-by: Matt Wilson <msw@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > --- >> >> You should also add a cpuid flag in kvm part. > > It is better without that. The flag has no dependency on KVM (kernel > hypervisor) code. Do you mean -cpu host, +xxxx，I think it will result in "warning: host doesn't support requested feature: CPUID.40000001H:eax.XXXXXX" Regards, Wanpeng Li -- 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
