linux-kernel - Re: Cleaning up the KVM clock

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Message-ID: <20141222140924.GA10176@amt.cnet>
Date:	Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:09:24 -0200
From:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Cleaning up the KVM clock

On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 11:34:30AM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > It would be even nicer, though, if we could do much the same thing but
> > without worrying about which vcpu we're on.
> > 
> > Thoughts?  Am I missing some considerations here?
> 
> Maybe we can find another optimization opportunities?

Perhaps RDTSCP rather than getcpu is a win?

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