>>> On 09.05.17 at 16:36, <jgr...@suse.com> wrote: > On 09/05/17 16:23, Jan Beulich wrote: >> Since PV kernels can't use large pages anywa, when the init-P2M support >> was added it was decided to keep the implementation simple and not >> align large pages in PFN space. Document this. >> >> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> >> >> --- a/xen/include/public/elfnote.h >> +++ b/xen/include/public/elfnote.h >> @@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ >> * The (non-default) location the initial phys-to-machine map should be >> * placed at by the hypervisor (Dom0) or the tools (DomU). >> * The kernel must be prepared for this mapping to be established using >> - * large pages, despite such otherwise not being available to guests. >> + * large pages, despite such otherwise not being available to guests. Note > > Shouldn't the large page usage be limited to dom0?
Why? Even if the tools right now don't use large pages here, why should we preclude them wanting to at some point? Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
