From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrea Arcangeli Subject: Re: KVM swapping with mmu notifiers Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:52:53 +0100 Message-ID: <20080115155253.GA7059@v2.random> References: <20080113133244.GC8736@v2.random> <20080114134539.GB15200@dmt> <478B6CFF.9070801@qumranet.com> <20080114142457.GF7062@v2.random> <478B833E.1020801@qumranet.com> <20080114174447.GA30812@v2.random> <478CC5D3.2040201@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <478CC5D3.2040201-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@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 Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 04:40:19PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > Note that we can now replace aliases with slots; simply map the same hva > range to two different gpa ranges (using a kvm-private memslot for backward > compat). Currently the host physical page is a 1:1 mapping with the hva. Not sure how to alias the same host physical page on two different gfn by using two different hva. I still see an use for the alias. > Can we do the locking change as a separate patch? Sure, I will split it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/