From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
To: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Cc: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 4/8] X86: export information about NPT to generic x86 code
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:40:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <479C4379.8090005@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1201294393-22613-5-git-send-email-joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Joerg Roedel wrote:
> The generic x86 code has to know if the specific implementation uses Nested
> Paging. In the generic code Nested Paging is called Hardware Assisted Paging
> (HAP) to avoid confusion with (future) HAP implementations of other vendors.
> This patch exports the availability of HAP to the generic x86 code.
>
> int (*set_tss_addr)(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int addr);
> +
> + bool (*hap_enabled)(void);
> };
>
>
Since the value doesn't change during the lifetime of the VM, it can be
a data field instead of a function. Or, if we find that npt/ept is
always a win, a static field in mmu.c.
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-27 8:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-25 20:53 [PATCH][RFC] SVM: Add Support for Nested Paging in AMD Fam16 CPUs Joerg Roedel
2008-01-25 20:53 ` [PATCH 1/8] SVM: move feature detection to hardware setup code Joerg Roedel
2008-01-25 20:53 ` [PATCH 2/8] SVM: add detection of Nested Paging feature Joerg Roedel
2008-01-25 20:53 ` [PATCH 3/8] SVM: add module parameter to disable Nested Paging Joerg Roedel
2008-01-25 21:35 ` [kvm-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2008-01-25 22:10 ` Joerg Roedel
2008-01-26 18:38 ` Avi Kivity
2008-01-26 1:47 ` [kvm-devel] [PATCH 3/8] SVM: add module parameter to disable NestedPaging Nakajima, Jun
2008-01-26 7:25 ` Joerg Roedel
2008-01-26 9:49 ` Alexey Eremenko
2008-01-26 10:06 ` Joerg Roedel
2008-01-26 16:36 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-01-26 18:23 ` Avi Kivity
2008-01-25 20:53 ` [PATCH 4/8] X86: export information about NPT to generic x86 code Joerg Roedel
2008-01-25 21:37 ` [kvm-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2008-01-25 21:40 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-01-27 8:40 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2008-01-25 20:53 ` [PATCH 5/8] MMU: make the __nonpaging_map function generic Joerg Roedel
2008-01-25 20:53 ` [PATCH 6/8] X86: export the load_pdptrs() function to modules Joerg Roedel
2008-01-25 20:53 ` [PATCH 7/8] MMU: add HAP support to the KVM MMU Joerg Roedel
2008-01-25 20:53 ` [PATCH 8/8] SVM: add support for Nested Paging Joerg Roedel
2008-01-27 8:52 ` [kvm-devel] " Avi Kivity
2008-01-27 9:41 ` Joerg Roedel
2008-01-27 9:51 ` Avi Kivity
2008-01-27 10:05 ` Joerg Roedel
2008-01-27 10:24 ` Avi Kivity
2008-01-25 21:32 ` [kvm-devel] [PATCH][RFC] SVM: Add Support for Nested Paging in AMD Fam16 CPUs Anthony Liguori
2008-01-25 22:47 ` Joerg Roedel
2008-01-26 1:57 ` Nakajima, Jun
2008-01-27 8:57 ` Avi Kivity
2008-01-27 9:51 ` Joerg Roedel
2008-01-28 3:20 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-01-28 11:08 ` Avi Kivity
2008-02-07 12:09 ` Joerg Roedel
2008-02-10 10:35 ` Avi Kivity
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