linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC dontapply 5/5] kvm_para: guest side for eoi avoidance

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Message-ID: <20120508193612.GD28536@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 8 May 2012 22:36:13 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC dontapply 5/5] kvm_para: guest side for eoi avoidance

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 11:06:10AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 05/08/2012 09:57 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > 
> > Will do. OK to only define them for x86 for now?
> > They would be unused on other arches even if I defined them ...
> > 
> 
> I don't know if it's possible/practical to define them so they fall back
> to the fully atomic versions unless arch-overridden, but that would be
> the best, I would think.

Ah, good idea, will do.

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