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Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH] libxc bitmap utils and vcpu-affinity

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH] libxc bitmap utils and vcpu-affinity
From: Dulloor <dulloor@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:40:18 -0400
Cc: "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Fine, I agree with you both. Attached is a patch adding utils for
xenctl_bitmap (to libxc) and using the same in vcpu_(get|set)affinity.
For the guest-numa interface, I will see if I can use xenctl_cpumap.

-dulloor

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 23/03/2010 10:10, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>>> Dulloor <dulloor@xxxxxxxxx> 22.03.10 18:44 >>>
>>> Motivation for using xenctl_cpumask in Xen interfaces :
>>> - xenctl_cpumap is just 4 bytes smaller than static xenctl_cpumask for
>>> 128 cpus (128 would be good for quite some time). However, the new
>>
>> I don't buy this (we're already building for 256 CPUs, looking forward
>> to further bump this in the not too distant future), and I'm generally
>> opposed to introducing hard coded limits in a public interface.
>
> We should use xenctl_cpumask everywhere for specifying physical CPU bitmaps,
> even into guest NUMA interfaces if appropriate. I don't really care if it is
> a bit harder to use than a static bitmap.
>
>  -- Keir
>
>
>

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