linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix vcpu->mmio

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Date:	Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:18:48 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
CC:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix vcpu->mmio_fragments overflow

On 10/22/2012 01:45 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:

>> Indeed. git pull, recheck and call for kvm_flush_coalesced_mmio_buffer()
>> is gone. So this will break new userspace, not old. By global you mean
>> shared between devices (or memory regions)?
> 
> Yes. We only have a single ring per VM, so we cannot flush multi-second
> VGA access separately from other devices. In theory solvable by
> introducing per-region rings that can be driven separately.

But in practice unneeded.  Real time VMs can disable coalescing and not
use planar VGA modes.


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