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* [PATCH 0/3] Split up pv-ops
@ 2009-11-18  0:13 Alexander Graf
  2009-11-18  0:13 ` [PATCH 1/3] Split paravirt ops by functionality Alexander Graf
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  0 siblings, 5 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Graf @ 2009-11-18  0:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kvm list; +Cc: virtualization, Glauber Costa, Avi Kivity, Nick Piggin

Paravirt ops is currently only capable of either replacing a lot of Linux
internal code or none at all. The are users that don't need all of the
possibilities pv-ops delivers though.

On KVM for example we're perfectly fine not using the PV MMU, thus not
touching any MMU code. That way we don't have to improve pv-ops to become
fast, we just don't compile the MMU parts in!

This patchset splits pv-ops into several smaller config options split by
feature category and then converts the KVM pv-ops code to use only the
bits that are required, lowering overhead.

Alexander Graf (3):
  Split paravirt ops by functionality
  Only export selected pv-ops feature structs
  Split the KVM pv-ops support by feature

 arch/x86/Kconfig                            |   72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h                 |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h                 |    4 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h               |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/highmem.h              |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h                |    4 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/io_64.h                |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h             |   21 ++++++--
 arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h          |    4 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h                  |    4 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h             |   44 ++++++++++++++++-
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h       |   12 +++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h              |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level_types.h |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h              |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h            |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h    |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h                  |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/system.h               |   13 +++--
 arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h             |    4 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S                   |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                       |   22 ++++++---
 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c                  |   37 +++++++++++--
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c                       |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/vsmp_64.c                   |    2 +-
 arch/x86/xen/Kconfig                        |    2 +-
 26 files changed, 219 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)


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2009-11-18  0:13 [PATCH 0/3] Split up pv-ops Alexander Graf
2009-11-18  0:13 ` [PATCH 1/3] Split paravirt ops by functionality Alexander Graf
2009-11-19 14:59   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-19 15:21     ` Alexander Graf
2009-11-18  0:13 ` [PATCH 2/3] Only export selected pv-ops feature structs Alexander Graf
2009-11-18  0:13 ` [PATCH 3/3] Split the KVM pv-ops support by feature Alexander Graf
2009-11-18  1:33   ` Rusty Russell
2009-11-18  1:37     ` Alexander Graf
2009-11-19  7:42 ` [PATCH 0/3] Split up pv-ops Avi Kivity
2009-12-03 14:52 ` Alexander Graf
2009-12-03 15:00   ` Avi Kivity
2009-12-03 15:04     ` Alexander Graf
2009-12-03 15:07       ` Avi Kivity

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