RE: [PATCH 3/4] x86/hyper-v: use cheaper HVCALL_SEND_IPI hypercall when possible

From: Michael Kelley (EOSG)
Date: Mon Jun 25 2018 - 20:03:57 EST


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> From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 10:06 AM
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> Cc: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; KY Srinivasan
> <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger
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> Subject: [PATCH 3/4] x86/hyper-v: use cheaper HVCALL_SEND_IPI hypercall when possible
>
> When there is no need to send an IPI to a CPU with VP number > 64
> we can do the job with fast HVCALL_SEND_IPI hypercall.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>