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authoraliguori <aliguori@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>2008-10-08 19:50:24 +0000
committeraliguori <aliguori@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>2008-10-08 19:50:24 +0000
commit9e472e101f37233f4e32d181d2fee29014c1cf2f (patch)
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Fix IO performance regression in sparc
Replace signalfd with signal handler/pipe.  There is no way to interrupt
the CPU execution loop when a file descriptor becomes readable.  This
results in a large performance regression in sparc emulation during
bootup.
   
This patch switches us to signal handler/pipe which was originally
suggested by Ian Jackson.  The signal handler lets us interrupt the
CPU emulation loop while the write to a pipe lets us avoid the
select/signal race condition.
    
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>



git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@5451 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162
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diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index 07312235f7..cc95fe62bb 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -139,4 +139,7 @@ struct pcmcia_card_s;
 void cpu_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque);
 int cpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id);
 
+/* Force QEMU to stop what it's doing and service IO */
+void qemu_service_io(void);
+
 #endif