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From: Carsten Otte <cotte-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
	"Zhang,
	 Xiantao" <xiantao.zhang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][10/22] kvm: Portability : Moving pio_data, pio, mmio_fault_cr2 to arch.
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:17:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47626667.8090700@de.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47625B5A.5040209-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>

Avi Kivity wrote:
> kvm_vcpu_fault() isn't for mapping guest pages, but for mapping the
> kernel/userspace vcpu communication area.  Moving that snippet to an
> arch hook should be enough.
Oh thanks for clearing my confusion. Indeed, hm... but we won't have a
PIO_PAGE at all. On the other hand, we might need a data page for 
in-kernel
devices too. Let's leave it like it is for now.

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-12-14 11:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-14  3:36 [PATCH][10/22] kvm: Portability : Moving pio_data, pio, mmio_fault_cr2 to arch Zhang, Xiantao
     [not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDCAD0206-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-12-14 10:27   ` Carsten Otte
     [not found]     ` <47625A9B.5090509-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-12-14 10:30       ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]         ` <47625B5A.5040209-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-12-14 11:17           ` Carsten Otte [this message]

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