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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/xen: remove 32-bit Xen PV guest support
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On 7/2/20 7:24 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 02/07/2020 23:59, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> On 7/1/20 7:06 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>>
>>> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
>>> -static void xen_set_pte_atomic(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
>>> -{
>>> - trace_xen_mmu_set_pte_atomic(ptep, pte);
>>> - __xen_set_pte(ptep, pte);
>> Probably not for this series but I wonder whether __xen_set_pte() should
>> continue to use hypercall now that we are 64-bit only.
> The hypercall path is a SYSCALL (and SYSRET out).
>
> The "writeable" PTE path is a #PF, followed by an x86 instruction
> emulation, which then reaches the same logic as the hypercall path (and
> an IRET out).


Then we should at least update the comment.


-boris

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