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From: Anthony Liguori <aliguori-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Carsten Otte <cotte-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org"
	<kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>,
	cborntra-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	schwidefsky-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 2/2] s390 virtualization interface.
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:23:08 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4632155C.8030503@us.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1177681235.5770.22.camel-WIxn4w2hgUz3YA32ykw5MLlKpX0K8NHHQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>

Can you provide a high-level description of how this virtualization 
mechanism works?  How does MMU virtualization work?

Carsten Otte wrote:
> +
> +#ifndef _ASM_S390_SIE64_H
> +#define _ASM_S390_SIE64_H
> +
> +struct sie_block {
> +	atomic_t cpuflags;	/* 0x0000 */
> +	__u32	prefix;		/* 0x0004 */
> +	__u32	:32;		/* 0x0008 */
> +	__u32	:32;		/* 0x000c */
> +	__u64	:64;		/* 0x0010 */
> +	__u64	:64;		/* 0x0018 */
> +	__u64	:64;		/* 0x0020 */
> +	__u64	cputm;		/* 0x0028 */
> +	__u64	ckc;		/* 0x0030 */
> +	__u64	epoch;		/* 0x0038 */
> +	__u8	svcnn	:1,	/* 0x0040 */
> +		svc1c	:1,
> +		svc2c	:1,
> +		svc3c	:1,
> +		:4;
>   

I think bitfields can have weird padding issues.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-04-27 15:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-27 13:40 [PATCH/RFC 2/2] s390 virtualization interface Carsten Otte
     [not found] ` <1177681235.5770.22.camel-WIxn4w2hgUz3YA32ykw5MLlKpX0K8NHHQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
2007-04-27 15:23   ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
     [not found]     ` <4632155C.8030503-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-04-27 15:45       ` Carsten Otte
2007-04-27 16:53   ` Arnd Bergmann
     [not found]     ` <200704271853.41523.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2007-04-29  8:00       ` Heiko Carstens
     [not found]         ` <20070429080039.GA8332-5VkHqLvV2o3MbYB6QlFGEg@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-01 21:12           ` Arnd Bergmann
     [not found]             ` <200705012312.11692.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-02  4:46               ` Avi Kivity
2007-05-02  8:25               ` Christoph Hellwig

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