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From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: add SSE-based copy_page()
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:46:50 +0000
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>>> Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com> 19.11.08 22:21 >>>
>Looking at c/s 18724 again also I wonder what fixmap_domain_page() was
>introduced for, rather than just using map_domain_page(). Is it an =
attempt
>to reduce global TLB shootdowns? It's not very clear nor very pretty and =
I'd
>rather just kill it and use map_domain_page().

Yes, this and avoiding the need to take another lock.

Jan