linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] paravirt.h

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Date:	Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:17:30 -0700
From:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@....de>,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] paravirt.h

Alan Cox wrote:
>
> - Stacked hypervisors stomping each others functions
>   

Possibly an issue, but why would you ever want stacked paravirt-ops?  
You're only talking to the hypervisor directly above you, and there is 
only one of those.

> - Locking required to do updates: and remember our lock functions use
> methods in the array
>   

Yes, locking is an issue, but it is possible to do.  You just need to 
stop interrupts, NMIs, and faults on all processors simultaneously.  
Actually, it's not that scary - since you'll be doing it in a hypervisor.

> - If we boot patch inline code to get performance natively its almost
> impossible to then revert that.
>   

You can patch back over it.  I've already implemented the locking and 
repatching bits for VMI.

Zach
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