From: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: help with understanding GPA/GVA issues
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:16:54 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f9hvh5$e8l$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1186718958.4866.15.camel@ghaskins-t60p.haskins.net
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:09:18 -0400, Gregory Haskins wrote:
>
> If so, how would I do this: E.g. can I just pass the pointer, and then
> do gva_to_hpa() on the host? Or do I need to prep the pointer before
> sending it?
We've talked about this a little in the
past: see the discussion around http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/7/60 (in
particular http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/7/126 ;) .
In short, please do *not* pass guest virtual addresses through a
paravirtual API.
--
Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-10 4:09 help with understanding GPA/GVA issues Gregory Haskins
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2007-08-10 14:32 ` Anthony Liguori
[not found] ` <46BC7709.4030807-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2007-08-10 14:40 ` Gregory Haskins
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2007-08-10 16:59 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <46BC9978.3060801-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-08-10 19:47 ` Gregory Haskins
[not found] ` <1186775254.4866.52.camel-5CR4LY5GPkvLDviKLk5550HKjMygAv58XqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2007-08-10 20:12 ` Anthony Liguori
2007-08-10 15:16 ` Hollis Blanchard [this message]
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