From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hollis Blanchard Subject: Re: help with understanding GPA/GVA issues Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:16:54 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1186718958.4866.15.camel@ghaskins-t60p.haskins.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: 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 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/