linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/8]KVM: swap out guest pages

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:06:59 -0400
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Cc:	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	kvm-devel <kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/8]KVM: swap out guest pages

On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 01:27:40PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Having an address_space (like your patch does) is remarkably simple, and 
> requires few hooks from the current vm.  However using existing vmas 
> mapped by the user has many advantages:

It's also needed for a SKAS-like UML client, where the host side will
need to make system calls on behalf of the guest.

				Jeff

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