Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: LAPIC: Loose fluctuation filter for auto tune lapic_timer_advance_ns

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Thu Sep 26 2019 - 06:34:41 EST


On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 at 18:25, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 26/09/19 02:54, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > -#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MIN 100
> > -#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MAX 5000
> > -#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_INIT 1000
> > +#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_EXPIRE_MIN 100
> > +#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_EXPIRE_MAX 10000
> > +#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_NS_INIT 1000
> > +#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_NS_MAX 5000
>
> I think the old #define value is good. What about:
>
> -#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MIN 100
> -#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MAX 5000
> -#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_INIT 1000
> +#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MIN 100 /* clock cycles */
> +#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_ADJUST_MAX 10000 /* clock cycles */
> +#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_NS_INIT 1000
> +#define LAPIC_TIMER_ADVANCE_NS_MAX 5000

Looks good, I guess you can update the patch during apply. :)

Wanpeng