Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: VMI and kmap_atomic_pte paravirt_op | From | Ian Campbell <> | Date | Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:04:32 +0000 |
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On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 20:32 +0000, Alok Kataria wrote: > Hi Ian, > > On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 11:52 -0800, Ian Campbell wrote: > > Hi Alok, > > > > How critical is the vmi_kmap_atomic_pte pv_mmu_op hook to VMI? Is it > > required for correct functionality or is it simply an optimisation? > > > > We think we may be able to do away with the Xen version of the hook and > > if VMI (which is deprecated) can live without it and you agree then I'll > > cook up a patch to remove it altogether. > > As Jeremy suggests we will be fine with disabling high ptes for VMI. > Thanks for doing this.
OK, I'll do that.
Thanks, Ian.
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