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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86: add SSE-based copy_page()

To: "Keir Fraser" <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86: add SSE-based copy_page()
From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:46:50 +0000
Cc: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dexuan Cui <dexuan.cui@xxxxxxxxx>
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>>> Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 19.11.08 22:21 >>>
>Looking at c/s 18724 again also I wonder what fixmap_domain_page() was
>introduced for, rather than just using map_domain_page(). Is it an attempt
>to reduce global TLB shootdowns? It's not very clear nor very pretty and I'd
>rather just kill it and use map_domain_page().

Yes, this and avoiding the need to take another lock.

Jan


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