From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] [RFC] MMU Notifiers V1 Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:18:41 +1100 Message-ID: <1201295921.6815.150.camel@pasglop> References: <20080125055606.102986685@sgi.com> <20080125114229.GA7454@v2.random> Reply-To: benh-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Nick Piggin , Peter Zijlstra , linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, steiner-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Avi Kivity , kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, daniel.blueman-xqY44rlHlBpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, Robin Holt , Hugh Dickins , Christoph Lameter To: Andrea Arcangeli Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080125114229.GA7454-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@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 On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 12:42 +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 09:56:06PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > Andrea's mmu_notifier #4 -> RFC V1 > > > > - Merge subsystem rmap based with Linux rmap based approach > > - Move Linux rmap based notifiers out of macro > > - Try to account for what locks are held while the notifiers are > > called. > > - Develop a patch sequence that separates out the different types of > > hooks so that it is easier to review their use. > > - Avoid adding #include to linux/mm_types.h > > - Integrate RCU logic suggested by Peter. > > I'm glad you're converging on something a bit saner and much much > closer to my code, plus perfectly usable by KVM optimal rmap design > too. It would have preferred if you would have sent me patches like > Peter did for review and merging etc... that would have made review > especially easier. Anyway I'm used to that on lkml so it's ok, I just > need this patch to be included in mainline, everything else is > irrelevant to me. Also, wouldn't there be a problem with something trying to use that interface to keep in sync a secondary device MMU such as the DRM or other accelerators, which might need virtual address based invalidation ? Ben. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/