From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
To: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, aliguori@us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/12] Get rid of kernel memory allocation
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:25:09 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48C68745.40408@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1220902221-7536-1-git-send-email-gcosta@redhat.com>
Glauber Costa wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Some eons before the dinosaurs went extinct, we used to support
> a method of memory allocation different than the one advertised by
> KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY.
>
> This series of patches attempt on removing the support for it in kvm-userspace
> entirely. It will make the job of integrating kvm and qemu much easier. As
> a matter of fact, platforms other than x86 (and ia64, because it seems to
> borrow a great deal of code from x86) don't even support that method.
>
> I remind you that for those who still want to run userspaces old enough for Hypervisors
> that lack user memory capability, you always have the option of running an
> old enough userspace, so to match.
>
> This patch series leaves one test for this capability in place, at machine
> initialization: KVM will refuse to run if it's not in there. Later on,
> if we deprecate the capability altogether from the kernel, we may do it through
> an ABI check. But for now, I think this is enough.
>
> series stat:
>
Looks good. Two comments that are simultaneously critical and minor:
- use git send-email -n to number patches so I they are lexically sorted
for git am (oh and --no-chain-reply-to also helps)
- qemu code is formatted with 4-space indents, no tabs. your patches
seem to have 4-position tabs (which could only have been created by the
recently-opened LHC, as they don't occur naturally). please talk to
your editor.
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-09 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-08 19:30 [PATCH 0/12] Get rid of kernel memory allocation Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] start removing kernel memory functions Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] remove tests of user memory from vl.c Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] coalesce memory allocation Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] remove KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY reference from qemu-kvm.c Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] remove KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY from libkvm.c Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] remove create_kernel_phys_mem Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] get rid of kvm_create_userspace_phys_mem Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] remove user_alloc field from slot representation Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] merge destroy phys mem functions Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] rename kvm_register_userspace_phys_mem Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] remove kernel memory code from hw/pc.c Glauber Costa
2008-09-08 19:30 ` [PATCH] remove kernel memory allocation code from ipf.c Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:23 ` [PATCH] remove KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY reference from qemu-kvm.c Jan Kiszka
2008-09-10 19:37 ` Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:59 ` Jan Kiszka
2008-09-09 14:25 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2008-09-09 14:57 ` [PATCH 0/12] Get rid of kernel memory allocation Glauber Costa
2008-09-09 15:01 ` Avi Kivity
2008-09-10 19:20 ` [PATCH 0/12] get rid of kernel memory registration Glauber Costa
2008-09-11 8:59 ` Avi Kivity
2008-09-10 19:20 ` [PATCH 01/12] start removing kernel memory functions Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:20 ` [PATCH 02/12] remove tests of user memory from vl.c Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:20 ` [PATCH 03/12] coalesce memory allocation Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:20 ` [PATCH 04/12] remove KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY reference from qemu-kvm.c Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:20 ` [PATCH 05/12] remove KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY from libkvm.c Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:21 ` [PATCH 06/12] remove create_kernel_phys_mem Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:21 ` [PATCH 07/12] get rid of kvm_create_userspace_phys_mem Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:21 ` [PATCH 08/12] remove user_alloc field from slot representation Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:21 ` [PATCH 09/12] merge destroy phys mem functions Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:21 ` [PATCH 10/12] rename kvm_register_userspace_phys_mem Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:21 ` [PATCH 11/12] remove kernel memory code from hw/pc.c Glauber Costa
2008-09-10 19:21 ` [PATCH 12/12] remove kernel memory allocation code from ipf.c Glauber Costa
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