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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] nestedhvm: ASID emulation (cleanup)

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] nestedhvm: ASID emulation (cleanup)
From: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:20:21 +0200
Cc: Keir Fraser <keir.xen@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Wednesday 13 April 2011 15:06:43 Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 13/04/2011 11:35, "Christoph Egger" <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Cleanup for ASID emulation:
> > - Use C99 integer types for asid numbers
> >
> > - asid.c: consistently use 'v' instead of 'curr'
>
> On what planet is that an improvement??
>
> We use 'curr' as a convenient idiom to represent cached current. Whereas
> 'v' is supposed to represent an arbitrary vcpu.

Oh, that's the difference. I thought 'curr' is just another random name for an 
arbitrary vcpu.

I will resend the patch w/o that hunk.

>
> I know it costs three extra characters per use, but it does make code
> easier to understand.
>
>  -- Keir
>
> > - Introduce svm_invlpga() used in ASID emulation patch
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>
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