Re: [PATCH v3 04/14] KVM: x86: dynamic kvm_apic_map

From	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v3 04/14] KVM: x86: dynamic kvm_apic_map
Date	2016-07-13 10:40 +0200
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On 12/07/2016 22:09, Radim Krčmář wrote:
> x2APIC supports up to 2^32-1 LAPICs, but most guest in coming years will
> have slighly less VCPUs.

It's "fewer", not "less" (that's important to make the joke less uncanny
for native speakers :)).  Less goes with uncountable nouns such as milk.

Paolo

> Dynamic size saves memory at the cost of
> turning one constant into a variable.

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[PATCH v3 00/14] KVM: x86: break the xAPIC barrier Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-12 22:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 05/14] KVM: x86: use generic function for MSI parsing Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-12 22:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 10/14] KVM: pass struct kvm to kvm_set_routing_entry Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-12 22:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 03/14] KVM: x86: use physical LAPIC array for logical x2APIC Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-12 22:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 02/14] KVM: x86: add kvm_apic_map_get_dest_lapic Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-12 22:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 04/14] KVM: x86: dynamic kvm_apic_map Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-12 22:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 04/14] KVM: x86: dynamic kvm_apic_map Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-07-13 10:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 04/14] KVM: x86: dynamic kvm_apic_map Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-13 16:40 +0200
  [PATCH v3 01/14] KVM: x86: bump KVM_SOFT_MAX_VCPUS to 240 Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-12 22:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 06/14] KVM: x86: use hardware-compatible format for APIC ID register Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-12 22:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 13/14] KVM: x86: bump MAX_VCPUS to 288 Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-12 22:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 08/14] KVM: VMX: optimize APIC ID read with APICv Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-07-12 22:20 +0200

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