[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 5] p2m synchronization groundwork
At 22:28 -0500 on 07 Nov (1320704908), Andres Lagar-Cavilla wrote: > This patch series lays the groundwork for improving the synchronization > of primitives accessing the p2m. > > This is a partial repost of the patches emailed previously as a RFC. > These patches are now intended for committing to the tree. > > We change the API for accessing the p2m to a family of functions > get_gfn/put_gfn. The name intends to reflect the fact that even lookups > are meant to obtain exclusive access to a p2m entry, and that said access > should be relinquished (put_gfn) when done. > > The patches, however, alter little functionality. The API name change > does not involve yet additional locking or ref-counting. They will, however, > throw a "barrier" that will force any new commits to conform to the new API. > > Patches are based off 24066:54a5e994a241. Should the new XENMEM calls be > accepted before this, the series needs to be updated to also change the API > there. > > Signed-off-by: Andres Lagar-Cavilla <andres@lagarcavilla. Patches 0-4 applied, thanks. I've reviewed patch 5 separately. Cheers, Tim. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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