Features/KVM Guest PMU
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Latest revision as of 13:35, 3 February 2012
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[edit] KVM Guest PMU
[edit] Summary
Virtualize a performance monitoring unit for the guest's use
[edit] Owner
- Name: Justin M. Forbes
[edit] Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 17
- Last updated: 2011-01-29
- Percentage of completion: 90%
[edit] Detailed Description
Provide a virtualized PMU to guests to allow better profiling using standard tools. This is targeted for the 3.3 kernel upstream and will land in Fedora 17.
[edit] Benefit to Fedora
Users with KVM guests will be able to use standard profiling tools which allow for better monitoring and debugging.
[edit] Scope
Kernel updates scheduled for mainline 3.3 kernel already in F17 Qemu userspace updates targeted for the 1.1 release already in F17
[edit] How To Test
- FIXME(Test plan to be written)
[edit] User Experience
Users will be able to run standard profiling tools requiring PMU inside of KVM guests.
[edit] Contingency Plan
None necessary.
[edit] Release Notes
KVM users can now run standard perf profiling tools within KVM guests.
[edit] Documentation
Coming soon
