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[209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id i8si496278pgf.196.2018.02.12.17.10.08; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:10:23 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=FDjAAjVf; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933102AbeBMBJU (ORCPT + 99 others); Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:09:20 -0500 Received: from mail-ot0-f172.google.com ([74.125.82.172]:43293 "EHLO mail-ot0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932736AbeBMBJT (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:09:19 -0500 Received: by mail-ot0-f172.google.com with SMTP id q12so15785141otg.10; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:09:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=aYZtOJs4n2Eudjt88vQvQhM8+qhx6//pdzPVTCLsrhI=; b=FDjAAjVfxG1l/7L7W8c3iHVeqWCzRD1kT15U4AvY7rCPpEIOioXUkgqbohUqNE9dWD jwN+jfMOjLmr6OomGPSkwYFdmYxreCfTVM+7MQpDuLwQaY/Qh7YZmTAQHdSPhi+CqaCW v5UyMhBGabJ6WYHFnypNIoyuMZPzylT3Kq5oW0G50E3j1KhJ8mXkV+rM6fC9IunWvyyP bKIq3Fc4+libiZXga/4VOzWZed9JoUtpSluBhL9mrj9zNk4DKR7n+cR1ZeHHxImK/Wwc YXb/oqtFiRsjdNnCQSdlDCuL9DteMr56q75FPqEjxMk8EP0jgqe986sQA/EuO1iDNthb cH7w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=aYZtOJs4n2Eudjt88vQvQhM8+qhx6//pdzPVTCLsrhI=; b=oTwTA5eq2U5RT5guhcN1j0E7maNyKUpDt/36bV90KN9ybTftJzi4XW9J6VLj47qZAD xRKo9kbgTVOMW331Pz34XX+vXlv5/lkoCZhUUgGBXTp6uvSGDJ0yPT1s6uk8Z//N/GKz atOGUoKh4Dhyej7db/M9Pt8Zp/ZlHK0t98H+75W1Dh1OY2GR/sixWr75X9pgUN3pvFxr Tt3SFYbtfohXb/SOzEEDA0I7sHuXCmfKmHeaAR42tAxzUgoiazLwYZOGc/ymBwOA5UWi WeuALWZuNZenzKtJh6GrqkjKEB4zcn4cc6fhi2KEtERQ06veWOYA3NPiI+EvWLteuzoU /9qA== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPB/nNumnCyEORFS0DsoJ+hsCHaehMOatRCl4X/bONmeP4y+onlM JlmQQdpfFHLLLgP3cLZEWw1AAYxnHc8HeN+dax9P6g== X-Received: by 10.157.72.210 with SMTP id a18mr10952983otj.156.1518484158616; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:09:18 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.74.10.129 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:09:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20180212141218.GO13981@localhost.localdomain> References: <1518319786-1466-1-git-send-email-wanpengli@tencent.com> <1518319786-1466-2-git-send-email-wanpengli@tencent.com> <20180212141218.GO13981@localhost.localdomain> From: Wanpeng Li Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:09:18 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] KVM: Introduce dedicated vCPUs hint KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED To: Eduardo Habkost Cc: LKML , kvm , Paolo Bonzini , =?UTF-8?B?UmFkaW0gS3LEjW3DocWZ?= , Andrew Jones Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 2018-02-12 22:12 GMT+08:00 Eduardo Habkost : > On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 11:29:44AM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote: > [...] >> +KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED || 0 || guest checks this feature bit >> + || || to determine if they run on dedicated >> + || || vCPUs, allowing optimizations > > What "dedicated vCPUs" mean, exactly? Can we document this more > explicitly? Follow this and Andrew's comments in v4. Regards, Wanpeng Li