Re: [Xen-devel] ptep_set_access_flags() using UVMF_MULTI?

To:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] ptep_set_access_flags() using UVMF_MULTI?
From:	Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:09:52 +0000
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On 13/3/07 11:14, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Why is this so when the touched mm is active, even though the alternative
> case and native only use flush_tlb_page() (i.e. only flush the local tlb)?
> 
> Thanks, Jan

We don't need any more flushing than native. Perhaps the original native
code did a cross-TLBs flush and that got reduced in more recent kernels but
the Xen code didn't get modified? Anyway, please send a patch.

 -- Keir

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Re: [Xen-devel] ptep_set_access_flags() using UVMF_MULTI?