linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] use unfair spinlock when running on hypervisor.

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Message-ID: <20100603151730.GE4166@basil.fritz.box>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:17:30 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ibm.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mtosatti@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] use unfair spinlock when running on hypervisor.

On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:38:32PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> And they aren't even using ticket spinlocks!!

I suppose they simply don't have unfair memory. Makes things easier.

-Andi
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