linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] kvm-scheduler integration

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:30:06 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Cc:	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	shaohua.li@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] kvm-scheduler integration


* Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com> wrote:

> How do you feel about some variant of this going into 2.6.23-rc1?  I 
> initially thought of this as a 2.6.24 thing, but as it now looks 
> solid, maybe we can hurry things along.

yeah, fine by me. You were working on a more generic patch, right? I 
think a good approach would be an atomic notifier chain.

> If Shaohua ports his spinlock->mutex convertion to the sched branch, 
> we get some real benefits:
> 
> - reduced latencies for desktop users
> - less kvm patches to carry in -rt (maybe none?)

yeah, and i think we can reach 'none'.

	Ingo
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