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Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch 2 of 2]: PV-domain SMP performance Linux-part



On 16/01/2009 11:01, "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> But only in spinlocks that I 'own' completely right? I'm more concerned
> about spinlocks that I share with Windows (eg in NDIS).

So only some critical sections will be pv'ed? Then the best you can
currently do is yield-on-spin in your custom spin_lock().

 -- Keir



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