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From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Really need to pin page tables?
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:17:04 +0100
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Hello,

In extras/mini-os/arch/x86/mm.c:new_pt_frame, Mini-OS pins its L1,
L2, and L3 page tables.  Does that really make a difference from the
Hypervisor point of view?  I mean, once L4 is pinned, pointing to these,
and thus their content has been checked, is there any performance
difference?

Samuel