linux-kernel - Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] export notifier #1

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Message-ID: <4798AC4E.4060307@qumranet.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:18:38 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@...ranet.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	steiner@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, daniel.blueman@...drics.com,
	holt@....com, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] export notifier #1

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>   
>> The remote page fault
>>   
>>     
>
> As we have two names for this ('shadow' and 'remote/export') I'd like to 
> suggest a neutral nomenclature.  How about 'secondary mmu' (and 
> secondary ptes (sptes), etc.)?  I think this fits xpmem, kvm, rdma, and dri.
>
>   

Er, it was Robin who came up with this first, I see.  Let's just say I 
second the motion.

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