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Andi Kleen wrote:
> Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
>> index 693f0e6..b705876 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
>> @@ -875,6 +875,10 @@ struct task_struct {
>> pid_t pid;
>> pid_t tgid;
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_KVM
>> + struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_vcpu;
>> +#endif
>>
>
> You should be careful to put this into a cache line that
> is already touched during context switch. Otherwise
> if it needs an additional cache miss it might become
> very costly
>
Yeah, I'll look into task_struct again to find a good place.
> Also it's a bit worrying to expose hooks into the scheduler
> to any modules. How would others be stopped from abusing this?
>
The functions for installing a hook are out-of-line and
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL'ed, in case that helps.
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Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to
panic.
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