From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
Christian Ehrhardt
<ehrhardt-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>,
hollisb-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, "Zhang,
Xiantao" <xiantao.zhang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]0/2 Patches to furthure split kvm_init
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:50:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4750234D.6000504@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <475006D5.9060504-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Carsten Otte wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>> But you do need the vcpu cache, right?
> I think about organizing our SIE control blocks in it, just like vmx
> and svm do with their hardware structures backing a vcpu state.
> They're 512 bytes in size, and need to start on a 512-byte boundary.
> Sorry about my previous answer, I was confused by vcpu_cache /
> vcpu_decache for x86. It's friday...
Ah, so you even need the alignment (which happen to be exactly the x86
fpu alignment).
So we have two archs needing special allocation, and two archs using a
common allocator.
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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
[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 [this message]
[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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