Re: [PATCH 5/5] KVM: LAPIC: add APIC Timer periodic/oneshot mode VMX preemption timer support

[Radim KrÄmÃÅ]

2016-10-20 06:57+0800, Wanpeng Li:
> 2016-10-20 3:28 GMT+08:00 Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> I think it would be better to add a function to advance the periodic
>> timer and use it in kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer() and in apic_timer_fn().
>>
>> The function can be simpler than set_target_expiration(), because it
>> just adds the period to an existing timer.  Periodic timer will also be
>> better then, because the period will not depend on KVM's latency when
>> rearming.
> 
> Good point, what's the function name do you like? How about
> advance_target_expiration()?

Sounds good, I'd just slap periodic somewhere,
advance_periodic_target_expiration()?