From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: "Zhang, Xiantao" <xiantao.zhang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
Christian Ehrhardt
<ehrhardt-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>,
carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
hollisb-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]0/2 Patches to furthure split kvm_init
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:51:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <474FDD34.9020807@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDCA397EA-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
Zhang, Xiantao wrote:
>>>
>> Ah, I see. It isn't just the alignment. How do you allocate
>> kvm_vcpu, then?
>>
>
> For evevy vm, we allocate a big chunk of memory for structure
> allocation. For vcpu, it should be always 64k aligned through our
> allocation mechanism. So, we don't care about its aligment issue :)
>
I see. Can you explain why you do that? Do you have a special
allocator in your guest-resident vmm module?
I don't think other archs need that, so a CONFIG_KVM_ARCH_CVPU_ALLOC
approach seems better than copying all that code.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-30 9:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-29 8:16 [PATCH]0/2 Patches to furthure split kvm_init Zhang, Xiantao
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2007-11-29 9:59 ` Christian Ehrhardt
[not found] ` <474E8D88.4090508-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 7:43 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <474FBF0D.7020601-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 8:27 ` Zhang, Xiantao
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDCA397B9-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 8:36 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <474FCB79.2010008-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 8:50 ` Zhang, Xiantao
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDCA397CF-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 9:04 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <474FD21E.8030900-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 9:14 ` Zhang, Xiantao
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDCA397EA-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 9:51 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
[not found] ` <474FDD34.9020807-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 10:03 ` Zhang, Xiantao
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDCA39817-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 17:29 ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-11-30 20:36 ` Avi Kivity
2007-11-30 9:52 ` Christian Ehrhardt
2007-11-30 11:52 ` Carsten Otte
[not found] ` <474FF970.9060404-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 11:55 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <474FFA26.6020302-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 12:49 ` Carsten Otte
[not found] ` <475006D5.9060504-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 14:50 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <4750234D.6000504-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30 18:18 ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-11-30 20:34 ` Avi Kivity
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