Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:42:56 +0000 | | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | | Subject | Re: [1/6] Xen VMM #4: add ptep_establish_new to make va available |
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On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 07:29:01AM +0000, Ian Pratt wrote: > This patch adds 'ptep_establish_new', in keeping with the > existing 'ptep_establish', but for use where a mapping is being > established where there was previously none present. This > function is useful (rather than just using set_pte) because > having the virtual address available enables a very important > optimisation for arch-xen. We introduce > HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_ESTABLISH_NEW and define a generic implementation > in asm-generic/pgtable.h, following the pattern of the existing > ptep_establish.
I thought we preffered DaveM's more generic patch instead of this one?
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