Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 00/10] iothread (candidate for inclusion)

[Blue Swirl]

On 3/26/09, Marcelo Tosatti <address@hidden> wrote:
> This version is simplified thanks to the removal of CPU_INTERRUPT_EXIT.
>
>  There are two pending issues: vm_stop() from ENOSPC handling and GDB 
> contexes.
>  IMO those can be worked while testing is performed by developers.
>
>  KVM SMP support is missing, but most of the infra required is present, so
>  it should be relatively simple.
>
>  There's also lots of room for TCG perf improvements.
>
>  Tested with target-x86_64 and target-ppc.

With the updated patch #3, Sparc32 also works.

I think I see a minor performance gain on a dual core host.