linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] KVM: add kvm_arch_sched

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Message-ID: <53F5E5B1.6020106@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:27:29 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
CC:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>,
	Raghavendra KT <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Vinod Chegu <chegu_vinod@...com>,
	Hui-Zhi <hui-zhi.zhao@...com>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] KVM: add kvm_arch_sched_in

Il 21/08/2014 13:38, Radim Krčmář ha scritto:
> 2014-08-21 10:29+0200, Paolo Bonzini:
>> Il 20/08/2014 22:53, Radim Krčmář ha scritto:
>>> Introduce preempt notifiers for architecture specific code.
>>> Advantage over creating a new notifier in every arch is slightly simpler
>>> code and guaranteed call order with respect to kvm_sched_in.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/arm/kvm/arm.c         | 4 ++++
>>>  arch/mips/kvm/mips.c       | 4 ++++
>>>  arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c | 4 ++++
>>>  arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c   | 4 ++++
>>>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c         | 4 ++++
>>
>> What about adding them as static inlines in
>> arch/*/include/asm/kvm_host.h (except for arch/x86 of course)?
> 
> All empty arch functions are in '.c' files, so it seems better to follow
> the same path.
> (And have one refactoring patch if GCC does not optimize this.)

GCC certainly does not optimize this (unless you use LTO).

Paolo

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