linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] KVM: emulate: speed up do_insn

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Message-ID: <5369EF9D.90905@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 07 May 2014 10:32:29 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Bandan Das <bsd@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] KVM: emulate: speed up do_insn_fetch

Il 07/05/2014 04:30, Bandan Das ha scritto:
>> > +		if (unlikely(ctxt->_eip == fc->end)) {
> Is this really going to be unlikely ?
>

Yes, it happens at most once per instruction and only for instructions 
that cross pages.

Paolo
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