linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC V11 15/18] kvm : Paravirtual ticketlocks support for linux guests running on KVM hypervisor

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Date:	Mon, 05 Aug 2013 16:12:08 +0530
From:	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>, mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC V11 15/18] kvm : Paravirtual ticketlocks support for
 linux guests running on KVM hypervisor


>> That result was only for patch 18 of the series, not pvspinlock in
>> general.
>
> Okay - I've re-read the performance numbers and they are impressive, so no
> objections from me.
>
> The x86 impact seems to be a straightforward API change, with most of the
> changes on the virtualization side. So:
>
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
>
> I guess you'd want to carry this in the KVM tree or so - maybe in a
> separate branch because it changes Xen as well?
>

Thank you Ingo for taking a relook.

Gleb, Please let me know if you want me to resend the first 17 patches
with acked-bys. i.e excluding the 18th patch.




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