linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] SCHED: Generic hooks for trapping task preemption

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:49:11 +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, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] SCHED: Generic hooks for trapping task preemption


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

> This adds a general mechanism whereby a task can request the scheduler 
> to notify it whenever it is preempted or scheduled back in.  This 
> allows the task to swap any special-purpose registers like the fpu or 
> Intel's VT registers.

ok, this looks very clean, i've added it to my scheduler tree. You've 
tested this with KVM, on both 32-bit and 64-bit, correct?

	Ingo
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