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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/halt-polling.txt37
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/kvm_host.h1
-rw-r--r--virt/kvm/kvm_main.c8
4 files changed, 31 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/halt-polling.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/halt-polling.txt
index 4a8418318769..4f791b128dd2 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/halt-polling.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/halt-polling.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ the global max polling interval then the polling interval can be increased in
the hope that next time during the longer polling interval the wake up source
will be received while the host is polling and the latency benefits will be
received. The polling interval is grown in the function grow_halt_poll_ns() and
-is multiplied by the module parameter halt_poll_ns_grow.
+is multiplied by the module parameters halt_poll_ns_grow and
+halt_poll_ns_grow_start.
In the event that the total block time was greater than the global max polling
interval then the host will never poll for long enough (limited by the global
@@ -80,22 +81,30 @@ shrunk. These variables are defined in include/linux/kvm_host.h and as module
parameters in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c, or arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c in the
powerpc kvm-hv case.
-Module Parameter | Description | Default Value
+Module Parameter | Description | Default Value
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-halt_poll_ns | The global max polling interval | KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT
- | which defines the ceiling value |
- | of the polling interval for | (per arch value)
- | each vcpu. |
+halt_poll_ns | The global max polling | KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT
+ | interval which defines |
+ | the ceiling value of the |
+ | polling interval for | (per arch value)
+ | each vcpu. |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-halt_poll_ns_grow | The value by which the halt | 2
- | polling interval is multiplied |
- | in the grow_halt_poll_ns() |
- | function. |
+halt_poll_ns_grow | The value by which the | 2
+ | halt polling interval is |
+ | multiplied in the |
+ | grow_halt_poll_ns() |
+ | function. |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-halt_poll_ns_shrink | The value by which the halt | 0
- | polling interval is divided in |
- | the shrink_halt_poll_ns() |
- | function. |
+halt_poll_ns_grow_start | The initial value to grow | 10000
+ | to from zero in the |
+ | grow_halt_poll_ns() |
+ | function. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+halt_poll_ns_shrink | The value by which the | 0
+ | halt polling interval is |
+ | divided in the |
+ | shrink_halt_poll_ns() |
+ | function. |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
These module parameters can be set from the debugfs files in:
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index e316a2ddb70b..29ffc99bd79b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -3634,9 +3634,8 @@ static void grow_halt_poll_ns(struct kvmppc_vcore *vc)
if (!halt_poll_ns_grow)
return;
- /* 10us base */
if (vc->halt_poll_ns == 0)
- vc->halt_poll_ns = 10000;
+ vc->halt_poll_ns = halt_poll_ns_grow_start;
else
vc->halt_poll_ns *= halt_poll_ns_grow;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 85c0c00d5159..9d55c63db09b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@ extern bool kvm_rebooting;
extern unsigned int halt_poll_ns;
extern unsigned int halt_poll_ns_grow;
+extern unsigned int halt_poll_ns_grow_start;
extern unsigned int halt_poll_ns_shrink;
struct kvm_device {
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 9c8a8bf6e686..ae818d27a1a4 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ unsigned int halt_poll_ns_grow = 2;
module_param(halt_poll_ns_grow, uint, 0644);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(halt_poll_ns_grow);
+/* The start value to grow halt_poll_ns from */
+unsigned int halt_poll_ns_grow_start = 10000; /* 10us */
+module_param(halt_poll_ns_grow_start, uint, 0644);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(halt_poll_ns_grow_start);
+
/* Default resets per-vcpu halt_poll_ns . */
unsigned int halt_poll_ns_shrink;
module_param(halt_poll_ns_shrink, uint, 0644);
@@ -2191,9 +2196,8 @@ static void grow_halt_poll_ns(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (!grow)
goto out;
- /* 10us base */
if (val == 0)
- val = 10000;
+ val = halt_poll_ns_grow_start;
else
val *= grow;