Anthony Liguori wrote: > > Then again, are we really positive that we have to move the APIC into > the kernel? A lot of things will get much more complicated.
The following arguments are in favor: - allow in-kernel paravirt drivers to interrupt the guest without going through qemu (which involves a signal and some complexity) - same for guest SMP IPI - reduced overhead for a much-loved hardware component (especially on Windows, where one regularly sees 100K apic updates a second) The strength of these arguments increase as vmexit overhead decreases with improving hardware. Of course, pushing such a piece of misery into the kernel where it can cause much pain should not be done lightly. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
