Re: [Xen-devel] Writable page tables questions

2015-01-08 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2015-01-08 at 12:19 +0100, Tim Deegan wrote: > At 09:55 + on 06 Jan (1420534536), Ian Campbell wrote: > > The tlb flushes involved in the above are reasonably expensive, IIRC Xen > > flip flopped a bit (years ago now) on whether it is worthwhile doing > > this or not, which is why I'm n

Re: [Xen-devel] Writable page tables questions

2015-01-08 Thread Tim Deegan
At 09:55 + on 06 Jan (1420534536), Ian Campbell wrote: > The tlb flushes involved in the above are reasonably expensive, IIRC Xen > flip flopped a bit (years ago now) on whether it is worthwhile doing > this or not, which is why I'm not sure if it still does or not. The current "writable paget

Re: [Xen-devel] Writable page tables questions

2015-01-06 Thread Ian Campbell
On Mon, 2015-01-05 at 17:28 +, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 04/01/2015 17:17, Junji Zhi wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm Junji, a newbie in Xen and hoping I can contribute to the > > community one day. I have a few questions regarding the writable page > > tables, while reading The Definitive Guide to t

Re: [Xen-devel] Writable page tables questions

2015-01-05 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 04/01/2015 17:17, Junji Zhi wrote: > Hi, > > I'm Junji, a newbie in Xen and hoping I can contribute to the > community one day. I have a few questions regarding the writable page > tables, while reading The Definitive Guide to the Xen Hypervisor by > David Chisnall: > > 1. Writable page tables i

[Xen-devel] Writable page tables questions

2015-01-04 Thread Junji Zhi
Hi, I'm Junji, a newbie in Xen and hoping I can contribute to the community one day. I have a few questions regarding the writable page tables, while reading The Definitive Guide to the Xen Hypervisor by David Chisnall: 1. Writable page tables is one Xen memory assist technique, applied to p