Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] x86/hvm: Drop the may_defer boolean from hvm_* helpers

2018-10-24 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 23/10/18 16:24, Razvan Cojocaru wrote: > On 10/23/18 5:35 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote: >> The may_defer booleans were introduced with the monitor infrastructure, but >> their purpose is not obvious and not described anywhere. >> >> They exist to avoid triggering nested monitoring events from introsp

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] x86/hvm: Drop the may_defer boolean from hvm_* helpers

2018-10-23 Thread Razvan Cojocaru
On 10/23/18 5:35 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote: > The may_defer booleans were introduced with the monitor infrastructure, but > their purpose is not obvious and not described anywhere. > > They exist to avoid triggering nested monitoring events from introspection > activities, but with the introduction

[Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] x86/hvm: Drop the may_defer boolean from hvm_* helpers

2018-10-23 Thread Andrew Cooper
The may_defer booleans were introduced with the monitor infrastructure, but their purpose is not obvious and not described anywhere. They exist to avoid triggering nested monitoring events from introspection activities, but with the introduction of the general monitor.suppress infrastructure, they