Posted Interrupts

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Computer Architecture Feature
gptkbp:abbreviation PI
gptkbp:benefit Reduced CPU Overhead
Improved Scalability
Lower Latency
gptkbp:category gptkb:Java_Virtual_Machine
Interrupt Handling
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Intel_Software_Developer’s_Manual
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Posted Interrupts
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Intel
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:Intel_VT-x
gptkbp:platform Intel Xeon E5 v3
Intel Core i7 (Broadwell and newer)
Intel Xeon E7 v3
gptkbp:purpose Improve Interrupt Delivery Performance
Reduce Virtual Machine Exit Overhead
gptkbp:relatedTo Direct Device Assignment
Interrupt Remapping
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:KVM
gptkb:Xen
gptkb:VMware_ESXi
Hypervisors
gptkbp:usedIn Virtualization
gptkbp:worksWith gptkb:Advanced_Programmable_Interrupt_Controller
APIC Virtualization
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Intel_VT-x
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5