From: Rusty Russell <rusty-8n+1lVoiYb80n/F98K4Iww@public.gmane.org>
To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Refactor hypercall infrastructure
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:35:02 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1189823702.7262.68.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46EAF4C6.8090903-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 13:53 -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > This patch refactors the current hypercall infrastructure to better support live
> > migration and SMP. It eliminates the hypercall page by trapping the UD
> > exception that would occur if you used the wrong hypercall instruction for the
> > underlying architecture and replacing it with the right one lazily.
> >
>
> I guess it would be pretty rude/unlikely for these opcodes to get reused
> in other implementations... But couldn't you make the page trap
> instead, rather than relying on an instruction fault?
That's a pain for inline hypercalls tho. I was planning on moving
lguest to this model (which is interesting, because AFAICT this insn
will cause a #UD or #GP depending on whether VT is supported on this box
so I have to look for both).
Cheers,
Rusty.
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2007-09-14 19:45 [PATCH] Refactor hypercall infrastructure Anthony Liguori
[not found] ` <11897991353793-git-send-email-aliguori-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-14 19:47 ` Anthony Liguori
2007-09-14 20:53 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
[not found] ` <46EAF4C6.8090903-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-14 21:02 ` Anthony Liguori
[not found] ` <46EAF6FC.80207-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-14 21:20 ` Zachary Amsden
[not found] ` <1189804847.5982.137.camel-cxY/u30q8FloTgUnLF1by8fTvwmfpRNyZeezCHUQhQ4@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-14 21:44 ` Anthony Liguori
[not found] ` <46EB00D8.3090903-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-15 3:37 ` Zachary Amsden
[not found] ` <1189827476.5982.143.camel-cxY/u30q8FloTgUnLF1by8fTvwmfpRNyZeezCHUQhQ4@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-15 8:08 ` Avi Kivity
2007-09-15 17:33 ` Anthony Liguori
2007-09-14 21:22 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
[not found] ` <46EAFBA0.4020503-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-14 21:46 ` Anthony Liguori
[not found] ` <46EB0136.6080105-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-14 21:52 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
[not found] ` <46EB02BA.6030909-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-14 22:08 ` Anthony Liguori
[not found] ` <46EB0657.40603-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-14 22:40 ` Nakajima, Jun
[not found] ` <97D612E30E1F88419025B06CB4CF1BE10379EBF9-1a9uaKK1+wJcIJlls4ac1rfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-14 23:00 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
[not found] ` <46EB1285.5050807-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-15 0:10 ` Nakajima, Jun
[not found] ` <97D612E30E1F88419025B06CB4CF1BE10379ED0A-1a9uaKK1+wJcIJlls4ac1rfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-15 0:28 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
[not found] ` <46EB2716.1070908-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-15 1:04 ` Nakajima, Jun
[not found] ` <97D612E30E1F88419025B06CB4CF1BE10379ED4C-1a9uaKK1+wJcIJlls4ac1rfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-15 4:53 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
[not found] ` <46EB6556.5020506-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-15 6:11 ` Nakajima, Jun
2007-09-15 18:23 ` [kvm-devel] " Anthony Liguori
[not found] ` <46EC233B.5010209-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-17 18:14 ` Nakajima, Jun
2007-09-17 18:27 ` [kvm-devel] " Anthony Liguori
[not found] ` <46EEC6FE.5060306-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-17 19:15 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
[not found] ` <46EED256.40801-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-17 19:33 ` Anthony Liguori
2007-09-17 19:15 ` [kvm-devel] " Jeremy Fitzhardinge
[not found] ` <46EED250.5080207-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-17 20:52 ` Nakajima, Jun
2007-09-15 8:00 ` Avi Kivity
2007-09-15 7:53 ` Avi Kivity
2007-09-15 2:35 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
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