> What do you call "hinting ends" though? The fact we put > a page in the VQ is not a guarantee that it's been consumed > by the hypervisor. >
I'd say hinting ends once the hypervisor sets FREE_PAGE_REPORT_S_DONE. > > I think a strict definition is this: > - hint includes a command ID > - hint implies "page was unused at some point after guest reading command ID" > > > Hypervisor can use dirty tracking tricks to get from that to > "page is unused at the moment". > >> Whereby X is >> currently assumed to be 0, correct? > > > > Now we are talking about what's safe to do with the page. > > If POISON flag is set by hypervisor but clear by guest, > or poison_val is 0, then it's clear it's safe to blow > away the page if we can figure out it's unused. > > Otherwise, it's much less clear :) Hah! Agreed :D > > > > I'll have to come back and re-read the rest next week, this > is complex stuff and I'm too rushed with other things today. Yeah, I'm also loaded with other stuff. Maybe Alex has time to understand the details as well. -- Thanks, David / dhildenb _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
