Re: [PATCH] KVM: do not shrink halt_poll_ns below grow_start
From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Sep 14 2021 - 21:42:22 EST
On (21/09/02 12:11), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> grow_halt_poll_ns() ignores values between 0 and
> halt_poll_ns_grow_start (10000 by default). However,
> when we shrink halt_poll_ns we may fall way below
> halt_poll_ns_grow_start and endup with halt_poll_ns
> values that don't make a lot of sense: like 1 or 9,
> or 19.
>
> VCPU1 trace (halt_poll_ns_shrink equals 2):
>
> VCPU1 grow 10000
> VCPU1 shrink 5000
> VCPU1 shrink 2500
> VCPU1 shrink 1250
> VCPU1 shrink 625
> VCPU1 shrink 312
> VCPU1 shrink 156
> VCPU1 shrink 78
> VCPU1 shrink 39
> VCPU1 shrink 19
> VCPU1 shrink 9
> VCPU1 shrink 4
>
> Mirror what grow_halt_poll_ns() does and set halt_poll_ns
> to 0 as soon as new shrink-ed halt_poll_ns value falls
> below halt_poll_ns_grow_start.
Gentle ping.
-ss