Re: [Qemu-devel] [5636] Run timers from host alarm timer callback

[Anthony Liguori]

Luis Pureza wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This commit caused a noticeable slowdown while using the instruction
> counting mechanism. I'm testing with the sparc-test image and with
> --icount auto.
>   

Yeah, I take it that all timers don't result in signals when using 
icount and that we rely on select() timeout instead.  Let me look a 
little more closely at the code and I'll come up with a fix.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luís Pureza
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > Anthony Liguori wrote:
> >     
> > > Revision: 5636
> > >          http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5636
> > > Author:   aliguori
> > > Date:     2008-11-05 21:04:35 +0000 (Wed, 05 Nov 2008)
> > >
> > > Log Message:
> > > -----------
> > > Run timers from host alarm timer callback
> > >
> > > This further cleans up the main loop getting it a lot closer to what a
> > > main
> > > loop should be.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <address@hidden>
> > >
> > >       
> > I've tested this with a variety of clocks and guests but this could uncover
> > more bugs like the previous 5s select sleep.  If things start slowing down,
> > please try this changeset first and let me know.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Anthony Liguori
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     
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