Re: [PATCH] use unfair spinlock when running on hypervisor.

[Srivatsa Vaddagiri]

On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 05:51:14AM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> That's definitely the long term plan.  I consider Gleb's patch the
> first step.
> 
> Do  you have any idea how we can tackle both problems?

I recall Xen posting some solution for a similar problem:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/1/29/45

Wouldn't a similar approach help KVM as well?

- vatsa
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