linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] kvm: keep track of which task is running a KVM vcpu

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Message-ID: <20101203011810.GV10050@sequoia.sous-sol.org>
Date:	Thu, 2 Dec 2010 17:18:10 -0800
From:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
To:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Avi Kiviti <avi@...hat.com>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] kvm: keep track of which task is running a KVM
 vcpu

* Rik van Riel (riel@...hat.com) wrote:
> Keep track of which task is running a KVM vcpu.  This helps us
> figure out later what task to wake up if we want to boost a
> vcpu that got preempted.
> 
> Unfortunately there are no guarantees that the same task
> always keeps the same vcpu, so we can only track the task
> across a single "run" of the vcpu.

So shouldn't it confine to KVM_RUN?  The other vcpu_load callers aren't
always a vcpu in a useful runnable state.
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