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Re: [Xen-devel] CONFIG_XEN_COMPAT_030002 broken?

To: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] CONFIG_XEN_COMPAT_030002 broken?
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:08:19 +0100
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Keir Fraser wrote:
> 
> Yes, and to allow fewer TLB entries to be flushed when switching between
> guest kernel and guest user. That optimisation is foiled if PAGE_USER is set
> everywhere.

Ok, so the extra cost to decide that at runtime (if
CONFIG_XEN_COMPAT_030002 is set) probably is outweighed by the tlb flush
optimization ...

cheers,
  Gerd

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