Re: [PATCH 4/5] xen/spinlock: Don't setup xen spinlock IPI kicker if disabled.

From: Ramkumar Ramachandra
Date: Mon Sep 09 2013 - 07:08:01 EST


Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> There is no need to setup this IPI kicker if we are never going
> to use the paravirtualized ticketlock mechanism.

Excellent patch; the important takeaway is that paravirtualization is
still quite useful in the real world.
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