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Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:54:11 +0100 From: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com> To: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, andrew.cooper3@...rix.com Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 00/10] xen: Switch to virtual mapped linear p2m list On 12/01/2014 12:31 PM, David Vrabel wrote: > On 28/11/14 10:53, Juergen Gross wrote: >> Paravirtualized kernels running on Xen use a three level tree for >> translation of guest specific physical addresses to machine global >> addresses. This p2m tree is used for construction of page table >> entries, so the p2m tree walk is performance critical. >> >> By using a linear virtual mapped p2m list accesses to p2m elements >> can be sped up while even simplifying code. To achieve this goal >> some p2m related initializations have to be performed later in the >> boot process, as the final p2m list can be set up only after basic >> memory management functions are available. > > What are the results of the testing I asked for? You asked for those replying to the patch introducing the linear mapping. So I added the description of the tested scenarios in the patch description of that patch. > If Konrad or Boris are happy with this series I think it can go into 3.19. Great, thanks! Juergen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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