Re: [PATCH v5 00/10] runstate/time area registration by (guest) physical address

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>]

On 02.10.2023 17:11, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> Since it was indicated that introducing specific new vCPU ops may be
> beneficial independent of the introduction of a fully physical-
> address-based ABI flavor, here we go. There continue to be a few open
> questions throughout the series, resolving of which was one of the main
> goals of the earlier postings.
> 
> v5 adds one vm-fork specific pre-patch that does simply the introduced
> code later on.  It does also fix a vm-fork bug.
> 
> Patches 1 and 6 are missing and Ack from the mem-sharing maintainer.
> 
> Whole series will need a Release-Ack.
> 
> Thanks, Roger.
> 
> Jan Beulich (9):
>   x86/shim: zap runstate and time area handles during shutdown
>   domain: GADDR based shared guest area registration alternative -
>     teardown
>   domain: update GADDR based runstate guest area
>   x86: update GADDR based secondary time area
>   x86/mem-sharing: copy GADDR based shared guest areas
>   domain: map/unmap GADDR based shared guest areas
>   domain: introduce GADDR based runstate area registration alternative
>   x86: introduce GADDR based secondary time area registration
>     alternative
>   common: convert vCPU info area registration
> 
> Roger Pau Monne (1):
>   mem_sharing/fork: do not attempt to populate vcpu_info page

Thanks much for picking this up during my absence.

Jan