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[Xen-devel] Re: auto_translated_physmap in Fedora

To: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: auto_translated_physmap in Fedora
From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:12:16 -0400
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Pete Zaitcev wrote:
I noticed one curious thing while working on some issues with Fedora.
At least in 2.6.17-1.2302_FC6xen, the following evaluates to false:

        if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap))
                return pfn;

So I am curious, if this is something anyone cares about.
Also, why does it happen? If it's a feature which cannot be enabled
(anymore), perhaps we can simply the code and get some performance
by removing the run-time checks.

Well, when doing migration (especially during migration)
maybe the mode is switched ?

I know we go into shadow pagetable mode during migration...

--
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan

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