Re: [PATCH v12 06/18] xen/pvh: MMU changes for PVH (v2)

From: Stefano Stabellini
Date: Fri Jan 03 2014 - 10:50:55 EST


On Thu, 2 Jan 2014, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 01/01/14 04:35, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > .. which are surprinsingly small compared to the amount for PV code.
> >
> > PVH uses mostly native mmu ops, we leave the generic (native_*) for
> > the majority and just overwrite the baremetal with the ones we need.
> >
> > We also optimize one - the TLB flush. The native operation would
> > needlessly IPI offline VCPUs causing extra wakeups. Using the
> > Xen one avoids that and lets the hypervisor determine which
> > VCPU needs the TLB flush.
>
> This TLB flush optimization should be a separate patch.

Right.
Aside from this:

Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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