linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] stop_machine: make stop_machine

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Date:	Thu, 8 May 2008 16:41:20 +0200
From:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] stop_machine: make stop_machine_run more virtualization friendly

Am Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2008 schrieb Jeremy Fitzhardinge:
> Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> > On kvm I have seen some rare hangs in stop_machine when I used more guest
> > cpus than hosts cpus. e.g. 32 guest cpus on 1 host cpu triggered the
> > hang quite often. I could also reproduce the problem on a 4 way z/VM host 
with 
> > a 64 way guest.
> >   
> 
> I think that's one of those "don't do that then" cases ;)

I really like 64 guest cpus as a good testcase for all kind of things. 

> 
> I think x86 (at least) is now using ticket locks, which is fair.  Which 
> kernel are you seeing this problem on?

Sorry, forgot to mention. Its kvm.git from 2 days ago on s390.
 
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