On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 08:47:59PM +0200, peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 02:32:36PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > > BTW, do you have any comment on my v2 lock holder cpu info qspinlock patch? > > I will have to update the patch to fix the reported 0-day test problem, but > > I want to collect other feedback before sending out v3. > > I want to say I hate it all, it adds instructions to a path we spend an > aweful lot of time optimizing without really getting anything back for > it. > > Will, how do you feel about it? I can see it potentially being useful for debugging, but I hate the limitation to 256 CPUs. Even arm64 is hitting that now. Also, you're talking ~1% gains here. I think our collective time would be better spent off reviewing the CNA series and trying to make it more deterministic. Will _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
