Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:40:25 +0200 | | From | Avi Kivity <> | | Subject | Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 4/8] X86: export information about NPT to generic x86 code | |
Joerg Roedel wrote:
> The generic x86 code has to know if the specific implementation uses Nested
> Paging. In the generic code Nested Paging is called Hardware Assisted Paging
> (HAP) to avoid confusion with (future) HAP implementations of other vendors.
> This patch exports the availability of HAP to the generic x86 code.
>
> int (*set_tss_addr)(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int addr);
> +
> + bool (*hap_enabled)(void);
> };
>
>
Since the value doesn't change during the lifetime of the VM, it can be
a data field instead of a function. Or, if we find that npt/ept is
always a win, a static field in mmu.c.
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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
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