On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 15:55:13 +0100, Alex Bennée wrote:
>
> Emilio G. Cota writes:
(snip)
> > +/* lock the page(s) of a TB in the correct acquisition order */
> > +static inline void page_lock_tb(const TranslationBlock *tb)
> > +{
> > +if (likely(tb->page_addr[1] == -1)) {
> > +pag
Emilio G. Cota writes:
> Groundwork for supporting parallel TCG generation.
>
> Instead of using a global lock (tb_lock) to protect changes
> to pages, use fine-grained, per-page locks in !user-mode.
> User-mode stays with mmap_lock.
>
> Sometimes changes need to happen atomically on more than o
Groundwork for supporting parallel TCG generation.
Instead of using a global lock (tb_lock) to protect changes
to pages, use fine-grained, per-page locks in !user-mode.
User-mode stays with mmap_lock.
Sometimes changes need to happen atomically on more than one
page (e.g. when a TB that spans acr
