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

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Message-ID: <20070723123443.GB3674@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:34:43 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	kvm-devel <kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC 0/8]KVM: swap out guest pages

On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 03:29:36PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >Actually it requires lots of deep down VM internals symbols that'll never
> >get exported.
> >
> >  
> 
> What's "it" here?  kvm-specific address space or generic vmas.

The patches in this thread.

> Generic vmas will be more intrusive AFAICT.

People use intrusive differently.  Doing big changes to core code is not
a problem if we actually get a proper interface.  Just exporting core
function without other changes and then writing code in modules that
pokes into internals is much much worse.

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