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From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Robin Holt <holt-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra
	<a.p.zijlstra-/NLkJaSkS4VmR6Xm/wNWPw@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org,
	steiner-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
	kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
	daniel.blueman-xqY44rlHlBpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] mmu_notifier: Callbacks to invalidate address	ranges
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 03:23:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080203022356.GD7185@v2.random> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080201233528.GE12099-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 05:35:28PM -0600, Robin Holt wrote:
> No, we need a callout when we are becoming more restrictive, but not
> when becoming more permissive.  I would have to guess that is the case
> for any of these callouts.  It is for both GRU and XPMEM.  I would
> expect the same is true for KVM, but would like a ruling from Andrea on
> that.

I still hope I don't need to take any lock in _range_start and that
losing coherency (w/o risking global memory corruption but only
risking temporary userland data corruption thanks to the page pin) is
ok for KVM.

If I would have to take a lock in _range_start like XPMEM is forced to
do (GRU is by far not forced to it, if it would switch to my #v5) then
it would be a problem.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-02-03  2:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-01  5:04 [patch 0/4] [RFC] EMMU Notifiers V5 Christoph Lameter
2008-02-01  5:04 ` [patch 1/4] mmu_notifier: Core code Christoph Lameter
     [not found]   ` <20080201050623.112641539-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-01 10:55     ` Robin Holt
2008-02-01 11:04       ` Robin Holt
     [not found]       ` <20080201105516.GK26420-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-01 19:14         ` Christoph Lameter
2008-02-01  5:04 ` [patch 2/4] mmu_notifier: Callbacks to invalidate address ranges Christoph Lameter
     [not found]   ` <20080201050623.344041545-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-01 10:49     ` Robin Holt
     [not found]       ` <20080201104959.GJ26420-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-01 19:14         ` Christoph Lameter
2008-02-01 22:09   ` Robin Holt
2008-02-01 23:19     ` Christoph Lameter
     [not found]       ` <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802011517430.20608-RYO/mD75kfhx2SFC9UQUAuF7EQX82lMiAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-01 23:35         ` Robin Holt
     [not found]           ` <20080201233528.GE12099-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-02  0:05             ` Christoph Lameter
     [not found]               ` <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802011602360.21158-RYO/mD75kfhx2SFC9UQUAuF7EQX82lMiAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-02  0:21                 ` Robin Holt
     [not found]                   ` <20080202002145.GA17211-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-02  0:38                     ` Robin Holt
2008-02-03  2:23             ` Andrea Arcangeli [this message]
2008-02-01  5:04 ` [patch 3/4] mmu_notifier: invalidate_page callbacks Christoph Lameter
2008-02-01  5:04 ` [patch 4/4] mmu_notifier: Support for driverws with revers maps (f.e. for XPmem) Christoph Lameter
2008-02-03  1:39 ` [patch 0/4] [RFC] EMMU Notifiers V5 Andrea Arcangeli
     [not found] ` <20080201050439.009441434-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-01 11:58   ` Extending mmu_notifiers to handle __xip_unmap in a sleepable context? Robin Holt
     [not found]     ` <20080201115841.GM26420-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-01 12:10       ` Robin Holt
2008-02-01 19:17       ` Christoph Lameter
2008-02-03 13:41   ` [patch 0/4] [RFC] EMMU Notifiers V5 Robin Holt
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-01-25  5:56 [patch 0/4] [RFC] MMU Notifiers V1 Christoph Lameter
2008-01-25  5:56 ` [patch 2/4] mmu_notifier: Callbacks to invalidate address ranges Christoph Lameter

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