linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/13] KVM: x86: add KVM_MEM_X86

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Message-ID: <5559A367.5000305@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 May 2015 10:31:35 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi.kivity@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org
CC:	rkrcmar@...hat.com, bsd@...hat.com, guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com,
	Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@...el.com>, wanpeng.li@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/13] KVM: x86: add KVM_MEM_X86_SMRAM memory slot flag



On 15/05/2015 22:32, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Alternative approach: store the memslot pointer in the vcpu, instead of
> of vcpu->kvm.  The uapi interface code can generate two memslot tables
> to be stored in kvm->, one for smm and one for !smm.

That's a great suggestion---and easy to implement too.  Thanks Avi for
chiming in!

Paolo
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