From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Raslan, KarimAllah" Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] KVM/X86: Handle guest memory that does not have a struct page Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 21:25:58 +0000 Message-ID: <1523568357.32594.42.camel@amazon.de> References: <1519235241-6500-1-git-send-email-karahmed@amazon.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Cc: "hpa@zytor.com" , "jmattson@google.com" , "rkrcmar@redhat.com" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "mingo@redhat.com" To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "pbonzini@redhat.com" , "x86@kernel.org" Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Content-ID: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org T24gVGh1LCAyMDE4LTA0LTEyIGF0IDE2OjU5ICswMjAwLCBQYW9sbyBCb256aW5pIHdyb3RlOg0K PiBPbiAyMS8wMi8yMDE4IDE4OjQ3LCBLYXJpbUFsbGFoIEFobWVkIHdyb3RlOg0KPiA+IA0KPiA+ IEZvciB0aGUgbW9zdCBwYXJ0LCBLVk0gY2FuIGhhbmRsZSBndWVzdCBtZW1vcnkgdGhhdCBkb2Vz 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