From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
To: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>, <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
<david.vrabel@citrix.com>, <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
<x86@kernel.org>, <tglx@linutronix.de>, <mingo@redhat.com>,
<hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V2 1/5] Xen: Delay remapping memory of pv-domain
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 14:57:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <545CDDF6.9080902@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1415252853-7106-2-git-send-email-jgross@suse.com>
On 06/11/14 05:47, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Early in the boot process the memory layout of a pv-domain is changed
> to match the E820 map (either the host one for Dom0 or the Xen one)
> regarding placement of RAM and PCI holes. This requires removing memory
> pages initially located at positions not suitable for RAM and adding
> them later at higher addresses where no restrictions apply.
>
> To be able to operate on the hypervisor supported p2m list until a
> virtual mapped linear p2m list can be constructed, remapping must
> be delayed until virtual memory management is initialized, as the
> initial p2m list can't be extended unlimited at physical memory
> initialization time due to it's fixed structure.
>
> A further advantage is the reduction in complexity and code volume as
> we don't have to be careful regarding memory restrictions during p2m
> updates.
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
But I would like a second reviewed-by.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-07 14:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-06 5:47 [PATCH V2 0/5] xen: Switch to virtual mapped linear p2m list Juergen Gross
2014-11-06 5:47 ` [PATCH V2 1/5] Xen: Delay remapping memory of pv-domain Juergen Gross
2014-11-07 14:57 ` David Vrabel [this message]
2014-11-06 5:47 ` [PATCH V2 2/5] xen: Delay m2p_override initialization Juergen Gross
2014-11-07 13:04 ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2014-11-07 13:19 ` Juergen Gross
2014-11-07 14:08 ` David Vrabel
2014-11-06 5:47 ` [PATCH V2 3/5] xen: Delay invalidating extra memory Juergen Gross
2014-11-07 13:57 ` David Vrabel
2014-11-06 5:47 ` [PATCH V2 4/5] x86: Introduce function to get pmd entry pointer Juergen Gross
2014-11-06 5:47 ` [PATCH V2 5/5] Xen: switch to linear virtual mapped sparse p2m list Juergen Gross
2014-11-07 13:54 ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2014-11-07 14:11 ` Juergen Gross
2014-11-07 14:40 ` David Vrabel
2014-11-07 14:43 ` Juergen Gross
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