Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] kvm: Be courteous to other VMs in overcommittedscenario in PLE handler

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Fri Sep 21 2012 - 09:22:39 EST


On 09/21/2012 08:00 AM, Raghavendra K T wrote:
From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

When PLE handler fails to find a better candidate to yield_to, it
goes back and does spin again. This is acceptable when we do not
have overcommit.
But in overcommitted scenarios (especially when we have large
number of small guests), it is better to yield.

Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>

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