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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH RFC V2 3/5] kvm hypervisor : Add two hypercalls t

To: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH RFC V2 3/5] kvm hypervisor : Add two hypercalls to support pv-ticketlock
From: Raghavendra K T <raghukt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:30:46 +0530
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On 10/24/2011 03:31 PM, Sasha Levin wrote:
On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 00:35 +0530, Raghavendra K T wrote:
Add two hypercalls to KVM hypervisor to support pv-ticketlocks.

+static void kvm_pv_kick_cpu_op(struct kvm *kvm, int cpu)
+{
+       struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, cpu);
+
+       if (vcpu) {
+               vcpu->kicked = 1;

I'm not sure about it, but maybe we want a memory barrier over here?

Yes, Thanks for pointing this. Avi Kivity also pointed same. 'll add barrier() here.


+               wake_up_interruptible(&vcpu->wq);
+       }
+}


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