2014-08-20 09:18+0200, Paolo Bonzini: > Il 19/08/2014 22:35, Radim Krčmář ha scritto: > > Modifications could get unwanted values of PLE window. (low or negative) > > Use ple_window and the maximal value that cannot overflow as bounds. > > > > ple_window_max defaults to a very high value, but it would make sense to > > set it to some fraction of the scheduler tick. > > > > Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrc...@redhat.com> > > --- > Please introduce a dynamic overflow-avoiding ple_window_max (like what > you have in patch 9) already in patch 4... > > > static void shrink_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) > > @@ -5720,7 +5724,7 @@ static void shrink_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) > > else > > new = old - ple_window_shrink; > > > > - vmx->ple_window = new; > > + vmx->ple_window = max(new, ple_window); > > ... and also squash this in patch 4. > > This patch can then introduce the ple_window_max module parameter (using > module_param_cb to avoid overflows).
Will do. --- It is going to make the patches slightly harder to review; Are we doing it because git doesn't bisect on series boundaries? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
