On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 12:42 +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 09:56:06PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > Andrea's mmu_notifier #4 -> RFC V1 > > > > - Merge subsystem rmap based with Linux rmap based approach > > - Move Linux rmap based notifiers out of macro > > - Try to account for what locks are held while the notifiers are > > called. > > - Develop a patch sequence that separates out the different types of > > hooks so that it is easier to review their use. > > - Avoid adding #include to linux/mm_types.h > > - Integrate RCU logic suggested by Peter. > > I'm glad you're converging on something a bit saner and much much > closer to my code, plus perfectly usable by KVM optimal rmap design > too. It would have preferred if you would have sent me patches like > Peter did for review and merging etc... that would have made review > especially easier. Anyway I'm used to that on lkml so it's ok, I just > need this patch to be included in mainline, everything else is > irrelevant to me.
Also, wouldn't there be a problem with something trying to use that interface to keep in sync a secondary device MMU such as the DRM or other accelerators, which might need virtual address based invalidation ? Ben. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
