Re: [PATCH] increase ple_gap default to 64

[Zhai, Edwin]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 01/04/2011 04:18 PM, Rik van Riel wrote:
>   
> > So should I resend the patch with the ple_gap default
> > changed to 128, or are you willing to ack the current
> > patch?
> >
> >     
>
> I think 128 is safer given than 41 was too low.  We have to take into 
> account newer cpus and slower spin loops.  If the spin loop does a cache 
> ping-pong (which would be a bad, bad possible, implementation), even 128 
> might be too low.
>   

Agree with Avi. Let us use 128 at this point.
Thanks,
edwin
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