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From: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
To: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk>,
	xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Cc: John Levon <levon@movementarian.org>
Subject: Re: confusion over vcpumask in mmuext_op
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:44:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C1C27CF4.70FD%keir@xensource.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200701040241.47438.mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk>




On 4/1/07 02:41, "Mark Williamson" <mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> So actually the field vcpumask is currently being compiled as a void *.

And we get away with this because, on x86, there is no ABI difference
between a guest handle and a plain pointer. This was done just as an
interface cleanup, and because I think it makes Jan's 32-on-64 work easier.

 -- Keir

  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-04  9:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-04  1:43 confusion over vcpumask in mmuext_op John Levon
2007-01-04  2:41 ` Mark Williamson
2007-01-04  9:44   ` Keir Fraser [this message]
2007-01-04 14:32   ` John Levon
2007-01-04 14:53     ` Keir Fraser

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