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From: Julien Grall <julien.grall@linaro.org>
To: Wei Huang <w1.huang@samsung.com>, xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Cc: keir@xen.org, ian.campbell@citrix.com,
	stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com, andrew.cooper3@citrix.com,
	tim@xen.org, jaeyong.yoo@samsung.com, jbeulich@suse.com,
	ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com, yjhyun.yoo@samsung.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v3 5/6] xen/arm: Add log_dirty support for ARM
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 15:11:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5370D6AC.1040407@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5370D3EC.80005@samsung.com>

On 05/12/2014 03:00 PM, Wei Huang wrote:
> On 05/11/2014 10:28 AM, Julien Grall wrote:
>>   the guest very soon. With this
>> solution there is a 1GB hole between the 2 banks. Your function will
>> therefore
>> stop to work.
>>
>> Furthermore, Xen should not assume that the layout of the guest will
>> always start
>> at GUEST_RAM_BASE.
>>
>> I think you can use max_mapped_pfn and lowest_mapped_pfn here. You may
>> need to
>> modify a bit the signification of it in the p2m code or introduce a
>> new field.
> These two values don't work for the purpose of dirty tracking. What we
> need are two fields to track _physical_ memory. lowest_mapped_pfn tracks
> all memory types, which doesn't apply here.
> 
> Will new fields to track physical ram space acceptable for you?

I'm fine with new fields to track physical RAM space. Don't forget it
may have non-RAM hole in this range.

Regards,

-- 
Julien Grall

  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-12 14:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-08 21:18 [RFC v3 0/6] xen/arm: ARM save/restore/migration support Wei Huang
2014-05-08 21:18 ` [RFC v3 1/6] xen/arm: Add basic save/restore support for ARM Wei Huang
2014-05-08 22:11   ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-08 22:20     ` Wei Huang
2014-05-09  8:56       ` Julien Grall
2014-05-14 10:27         ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 10:25     ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 10:46       ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-14 13:22         ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-09  9:06   ` Julien Grall
2014-05-09  9:42   ` Jan Beulich
2014-05-14 10:37   ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 18:54     ` Wei Huang
2014-05-08 21:18 ` [RFC v3 2/6] xen/arm: Add save/restore support for ARM GIC V2 Wei Huang
2014-05-08 22:47   ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-09 14:12     ` Wei Huang
2014-05-09 14:24       ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-11 16:15         ` Julien Grall
2014-05-13 14:53     ` Wei Huang
2014-05-09  9:17   ` Julien Grall
2014-05-14 11:07   ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 12:05     ` Julien Grall
2014-05-14 12:23       ` Tim Deegan
2014-05-14 13:24         ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-15 17:15   ` Julien Grall
2014-05-16  7:36     ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-08 21:18 ` [RFC v3 3/6] xen/arm: Add save/restore support for ARM arch timer Wei Huang
2014-05-08 23:02   ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-11  9:01     ` Julien Grall
2014-05-11  8:58   ` Julien Grall
2014-05-12  8:35     ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-12 11:42       ` Julien Grall
2014-05-14 11:14   ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 12:13     ` Julien Grall
2014-05-14 13:23       ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 19:04     ` Wei Huang
2014-05-08 21:18 ` [RFC v3 4/6] xen/arm: Add save/restore support for guest core registers Wei Huang
2014-05-08 23:10   ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-09 16:35     ` Wei Huang
2014-05-09 16:52       ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-11  9:06   ` Julien Grall
2014-05-14 11:16     ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 12:23       ` Julien Grall
2014-05-14 13:25         ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 13:31           ` Julien Grall
2014-05-14 11:37   ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-08 21:18 ` [RFC v3 5/6] xen/arm: Add log_dirty support for ARM Wei Huang
2014-05-08 23:46   ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-14 11:51     ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-11 15:28   ` Julien Grall
2014-05-12 14:00     ` Wei Huang
2014-05-12 14:11       ` Julien Grall [this message]
2014-05-14 12:04         ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 11:57     ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 12:20       ` Julien Grall
2014-05-14 13:24         ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 13:18   ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-16 10:59   ` Julien Grall
2014-05-08 21:18 ` [RFC v3 6/6] xen/arm: Implement toolstack for xl restore/save/migration Wei Huang
2014-05-14 13:20   ` Ian Campbell
2014-05-14 13:24     ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-11  9:23 ` [RFC v3 0/6] xen/arm: ARM save/restore/migration support Julien Grall
2014-05-12 14:37   ` Wei Huang
2014-05-13 14:41     ` Julien Grall
2014-05-12 14:17 ` Julien Grall
2014-05-12 14:52   ` Wei Huang
2014-05-12 15:01     ` Ian Campbell

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