On 12/02/15 09:24, zhangtrump wrote:
> Hi, all:
>
>      I was testing networking performance from DomU to DomU running on
> different hosts. I used xentrace and xenalyze tools to get the trace
> info of receive side, and found that there was a time when vcpus
> (which handle the receive work) were in "Blocked" state.
>      From the information of "VMExit" reason gotten by xenalyze tool,
> the "HLT" is the main exit reason. I am wondering when DomU will be
> exited because of "HLT"? 
>      Thanks.

Yes.

When one vcpu halts, Xen will schedule another vcpu in its place.  There
is nothing to be gained at all by letting a pcpu stay halted in guest.

~Andrew
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