[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Linux PATCH] Make hugepages work in current git tree
On Thursday 29 April 2010, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Looks reasonable. I rewrote the commit comment: > > Subject: [PATCH] x86/hugetlb: use set_pmd for huge pte operations > > On x86, a huge pte is logically a pte, but structurally a pmd. Among > other issues, pmds and ptes overload some flags for multiple uses (PAT > vs PSE), so it is necessary to know which structural level a pagetable > entry is in order interpret it properly. > > When huge pages are used within a paravirtualized system, it is therefore > appropriate to use the pmd set of function to operate on them, so that > the hypervisor can correctly validate the update. > > Signed-off-by: Dave McCracken <dave.mccracken@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Does this look correct? Yes, that's an excellent summary of the issue. Thank you. Dave McCracken _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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