linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] KVM: Introduce dedicated vCPUs hint KVM_HINTS

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Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:12:18 -0200
From:   Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@...hat.com>
To:     Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] KVM: Introduce dedicated vCPUs hint
 KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED

On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 11:29:44AM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
[...]
> +KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED                ||     0 || guest checks this feature bit
> +                                   ||       || to determine if they run on dedicated
> +                                   ||       || vCPUs, allowing optimizations

What "dedicated vCPUs" mean, exactly?  Can we document this more
explicitly?

-- 
Eduardo