From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH] export notifier #1 Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:15:34 +0200 Message-ID: <4798AB96.4000408@qumranet.com> References: <20080117193252.GC24131@v2.random> <20080121125204.GJ6970@v2.random> <4795F9D2.1050503@qumranet.com> <20080122144332.GE7331@v2.random> <20080122200858.GB15848@v2.random> <20080122223139.GD15848@v2.random> <20080123114136.GE15848@v2.random> <20080124143454.GN7141@v2.random> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Andrew Morton , Nick Piggin , linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , steiner-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, daniel.blueman-xqY44rlHlBpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, holt-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org, Hugh Dickins , Christoph Lameter To: Andrea Arcangeli Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080124143454.GN7141-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@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 Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > The remote page fault > As we have two names for this ('shadow' and 'remote/export') I'd like to suggest a neutral nomenclature. How about 'secondary mmu' (and secondary ptes (sptes), etc.)? I think this fits xpmem, kvm, rdma, and dri. -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/