Re: [PATCH 3/5] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Handle memory slot deletion and modification correctly

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On 08/13/2012 07:34 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
> Avi, Gleb, Alex, do you know why it is necessary to support change of
> GPA base again? 

BAR moving around.

> Without taking into consideration backwards compatibility, userspace 
> can first delete the slot and later create a new one.

Current qemu will in fact do that.  Not sure about older ones.

There is a difference in that the existing method is atomic.  I don't
see a real need for this atomicity though.



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