Re: [PATCH 11/13] kvm/powerpc: Handle some PAPR hcalls in the kernel

2011-05-17 Thread Paul Mackerras
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 09:54:35AM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote: > Not sure I like the name - when is it used? :) When the real-mode hcall handler decides it can't handle the hcall and wants to pass it up. > Also, if it's not in the PAPR, the guest should never receive it, right? Right. It's pu

Re: [PATCH 11/13] kvm/powerpc: Handle some PAPR hcalls in the kernel

2011-05-17 Thread Alexander Graf
On 11.05.2011, at 12:45, Paul Mackerras wrote: > This adds the infrastructure for handling PAPR hcalls in the kernel, > either early in the guest exit path while we are still in real mode, > or later once the MMU has been turned back on and we are in the full > kernel context. The advantage of h

[PATCH 11/13] kvm/powerpc: Handle some PAPR hcalls in the kernel

2011-05-11 Thread Paul Mackerras
This adds the infrastructure for handling PAPR hcalls in the kernel, either early in the guest exit path while we are still in real mode, or later once the MMU has been turned back on and we are in the full kernel context. The advantage of handling hcalls in real mode if possible is that we avoid