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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] RFC: ptc.ga implementation for SMP-g

To: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] RFC: ptc.ga implementation for SMP-g
From: Tristan Gingold <Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 09:38:55 +0100
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Le Mardi 04 Avril 2006 10:15, Tian, Kevin a écrit :
[...]
> >diff -r ddc279c91502 xen/arch/ia64/xen/vcpu.c
> >--- a/xen/arch/ia64/xen/vcpu.c       Fri Mar 31 21:04:16 2006
> >+++ b/xen/arch/ia64/xen/vcpu.c       Mon Apr  3 11:20:57 2006
> >+                    do {
> >+                            /* Wait until the tlb is not used.  */
> >+                            while ((count = PSCBX(vcpu, tlb_inuse)) & 1)
> >+                                    cpu_relax ();
> >+
> >+                            /* Purge tc entries.  */
> >+                            vcpu_purge_tr_entry(&PSCBX(vcpu,dtlb));
> >+                            vcpu_purge_tr_entry(&PSCBX(vcpu,itlb));
>
> It's possible tlb_inuse is set again here, however for a new guest tlb
> entry which means content of dtlb/itlb may change within this window. Then
> the new tlb entry will be incorrectly purged in next loop.
The original code unconditionnaly purge tc.  This code does too.  For sure, it 
is inefficient.
Is it incorrect too ?

Tristan.



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