KVM Changes For Linux 5.4 Fix Performance Regression, Add UMWAIT Support

[tildearrow]

It's the acronym for inter-processor interrupt, and I won't be surprised to see improvements in this area.

OK, thanks. Thought it was a typo for IPMI.

[archkde]

Is it really called IPI?

It's the acronym for inter-processor interrupt, and I won't be surprised to see improvements in this area.

[tildearrow]

IPI x86 optimizations

Is it really called IPI?

[phoronix]

Phoronix: KVM Changes For Linux 5.4 Fix Performance Regression, Add UMWAIT Support

A second batch of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) changes for the Linux 5.4 kernel have landed...

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