From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC]: pte notifiers -- support for external page tables Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:28:47 +0100 Message-ID: <46DFE46F.5020001@goop.org> References: <11890103283456-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com> <46DEFDF4.5000900@redhat.com> <46DF0013.4060804@qumranet.com> <46DF0234.7090504@redhat.com> <46DF045F.4020806@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, general-ZwoEplunGu1OwGhvXhtEPSCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org To: Avi Kivity Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46DF045F.4020806-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 Avi Kivity wrote: > It is, but the hooks are in much the same places. It could be argued > that you'd embed pte notifiers in paravirt_ops for a host kernel, but > that's not doable because pte notifiers use higher-level data > strutures (like vmas). Also, I wouldn't like to preclude the possibility of having a kernel that's both a guest and a host (ie, nested vmms). J ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/