Messages in this thread | | | From | Ohad Ben-Cohen <> | Date | Thu, 1 Dec 2011 00:43:08 +0200 | Subject | Re: [RFC] virtio: use mandatory barriers for remote processor vdevs |
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > make headers_install > make -C tools/virtio/ > (you'll need an empty stub for tools/virtio/linux/module.h, > I just sent a patch to add that) > sudo insmod tools/virtio/vhost_test/vhost_test.ko > ./tools/virtio/virtio_test
Ok, I gave this a spin.
I've tried to see if reverting d57ed95 has any measurable effect on the execution time of virtio_test's run_test(), but I couldn't see any (several attempts with and without d57ed95 yielded very similar range of execution times).
YMMV though, especially with real workloads.
> Real virtualization/x86 can keep using current smp_XX barriers, right?
Yes, sure. ARM virtualization can too, since smp_XX barriers are enough for that scenario.
> We can have some config for your kind of setup.
Please note that it can't be a compile-time decision though (unless we're willing to effectively revert d57ed95 when this config kicks in): it's not unlikely that one would want to have both use cases running on the same time.
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