From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756392AbYAXPTT (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:19:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756101AbYAXPSq (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:18:46 -0500 Received: from bzq-179-150-194.static.bezeqint.net ([212.179.150.194]:35392 "EHLO il.qumranet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756085AbYAXPSp (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:18:45 -0500 Message-ID: <4798AC4E.4060307@qumranet.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:18:38 +0200 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrea Arcangeli CC: Andrew Morton , Nick Piggin , linux-mm@kvack.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , steiner@sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, daniel.blueman@quadrics.com, holt@sgi.com, Hugh Dickins , Christoph Lameter Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] export notifier #1 References: <20080117193252.GC24131@v2.random> <20080121125204.GJ6970@v2.random> <4795F9D2.1050503@qumranet.com> <20080122144332.GE7331@v2.random> <20080122200858.GB15848@v2.random> <20080122223139.GD15848@v2.random> <20080123114136.GE15848@v2.random> <20080124143454.GN7141@v2.random> <4798AB96.4000408@qumranet.com> In-Reply-To: <4798AB96.4000408@qumranet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Avi Kivity wrote: > Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > >> The remote page fault >> >> > > As we have two names for this ('shadow' and 'remote/export') I'd like to > suggest a neutral nomenclature. How about 'secondary mmu' (and > secondary ptes (sptes), etc.)? I think this fits xpmem, kvm, rdma, and dri. > > Er, it was Robin who came up with this first, I see. Let's just say I second the motion. -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH] export notifier #1 Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:18:38 +0200 Message-ID: <4798AC4E.4060307@qumranet.com> References: <20080117193252.GC24131@v2.random> <20080121125204.GJ6970@v2.random> <4795F9D2.1050503@qumranet.com> <20080122144332.GE7331@v2.random> <20080122200858.GB15848@v2.random> <20080122223139.GD15848@v2.random> <20080123114136.GE15848@v2.random> <20080124143454.GN7141@v2.random> <4798AB96.4000408@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Andrew Morton , Nick Piggin , kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , steiner-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, daniel.blueman-xqY44rlHlBpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, holt-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org, Hugh Dickins , Christoph Lameter To: Andrea Arcangeli Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4798AB96.4000408-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Avi Kivity wrote: > Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > >> The remote page fault >> >> > > As we have two names for this ('shadow' and 'remote/export') I'd like to > suggest a neutral nomenclature. How about 'secondary mmu' (and > secondary ptes (sptes), etc.)? I think this fits xpmem, kvm, rdma, and dri. > > Er, it was Robin who came up with this first, I see. Let's just say I second the motion. -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4798AC4E.4060307@qumranet.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:18:38 +0200 From: Avi Kivity MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] export notifier #1 References: <20080117193252.GC24131@v2.random> <20080121125204.GJ6970@v2.random> <4795F9D2.1050503@qumranet.com> <20080122144332.GE7331@v2.random> <20080122200858.GB15848@v2.random> <20080122223139.GD15848@v2.random> <20080123114136.GE15848@v2.random> <20080124143454.GN7141@v2.random> <4798AB96.4000408@qumranet.com> In-Reply-To: <4798AB96.4000408@qumranet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Andrew Morton , Nick Piggin , linux-mm@kvack.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , steiner@sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, daniel.blueman@quadrics.com, holt@sgi.com, Hugh Dickins , Christoph Lameter List-ID: Avi Kivity wrote: > Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > >> The remote page fault >> >> > > As we have two names for this ('shadow' and 'remote/export') I'd like to > suggest a neutral nomenclature. How about 'secondary mmu' (and > secondary ptes (sptes), etc.)? I think this fits xpmem, kvm, rdma, and dri. > > Er, it was Robin who came up with this first, I see. Let's just say I second the motion. -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org