Re: [PATCHv3 1/1] locking/qspinlock/x86: Avoid test-and-set when PV_DEDICATED is set

[Eduardo Valentin]

Paolo,

On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 01:43:15PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 07/11/2017 13:39, Eduardo Valentin wrote:
> >> is this still needed after Waiman's patch to adaptively switch between
> >> tas and pvqspinlock?
> > Can you please point me to it ? Is it already in tip/master?
> > 
> 
> No, he just posted it:
> 
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150972337909996&w=2

OK, Thanks. I've reviewed his V2. I think the patch to have PV_DEDICATED is still interesting to have,
for the case the guest is in autoselect mode and honors what the host gives as hints.

> 
> Paolo

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All the best,
Eduardo Valentin