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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Support swap a page from user space tools -- Was

To: "Jiang, Yunhong" <yunhong.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>, Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Support swap a page from user space tools -- Was RE: [RFC][PATCH] Basic support for page offline
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:13:44 +0000
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On 19/03/2009 09:57, "Jiang, Yunhong" <yunhong.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Thirdly, perhaps this makes more sense as a MMU_* op hanging off
>> mmu_update()? That call takes pairs of u64 values, which could
>> give you the
>> space you require. Then you can add a nice comment explaining
>> how your new
>> command differs from MMU_NORMAL_PT_UPDATE.
> 
> I turn to the mmu_ext_op because it has only 1 entry left. So do you mean it
> is ok to be there?

Yes, I think it makes most sense there. It's close in behaviour to
MMU_NORMAL_PT_UPDATE, except for the 'foreigness'.

 -- Keir



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