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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 5] v2: Nested-p2m cleanups and locking chang

To: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 5] v2: Nested-p2m cleanups and locking changes
From: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:15:28 +0100
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At 14:23 +0200 on 27 Jun (1309184586), Christoph Egger wrote:
> >  - Why is there a 10x increase in IPIs after this series?  I don't see
> >    what sequence of events sets the relevant cpumask bits to make this
> >    happen.
> 
> In patch 1 the code that sends the IPIs was outside of the loop and
> moved into the loop.

Well, yes, but I don't see what that causes 10x IPIs, unless the vcpus
are burning through np2m tables very quickly indeed.  Maybe removing the
extra flushes for TLB control will do the trick.  I'll make a patch...

Tim.

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Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Principal Software Engineer, Xen Platform Team
Citrix Systems UK Ltd.  (Company #02937203, SL9 0BG)

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