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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Pin vcpu for VMX domain

To: "Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Pin vcpu for VMX domain
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:27:09 +0000
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On 8 Feb 2006, at 10:25, Dong, Eddie wrote:

You don't need to __vmpclear at the time the affinity is changed. You
can still do it from within arch_vmx_do_resume() -- it is valid to
call smp_call_function() there. That avoids having yet another HVM
function, and avoids calling yet another arch_* function from common
code.
Good point. Do u mean we check v->arch.hvm_vmx.launch_cpu with
 v->processor in arch_vmx_do_resume and send IPI if they are not equal?
If yes, is it worth to exchage common code change with the frequent
check
at every resume?

It's not every return to the guest --- it's on every context switch to the guest, which will usually be a lot less frequent. It's worth doing the check there to have tidier interfaces.

 -- Keir


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