RE: [PATCH v3 4/7] x86/hyper-v: allocate and use Virtual Processor Assist Pages

From: Michael Kelley (EOSG)
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 19:08:12 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 9, 2018 6:03 AM
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> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx; Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>; Radim Krčmář
> <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>; KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Haiyang Zhang
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> Kelley (EOSG) <Michael.H.Kelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Mohammed Gamal
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> Subject: [PATCH v3 4/7] x86/hyper-v: allocate and use Virtual Processor Assist Pages
>
> Virtual Processor Assist Pages usage allows us to do optimized EOI
> processing for APIC, enable Enlightened VMCS support in KVM and more.
> struct hv_vp_assist_page is defined according to the Hyper-V TLFS v5.0b.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>