On 01/27/2010 07:23 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
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+What: KVM memory aliases support
+When: July 2010
+Why: Memory aliasing support is used for speeding up guest vga access
+ through the vga windows.
+
+ Modern userspace no longer uses this feature, so it's just bitrotted
+ code and can be removed with no impact.
+Who: Avi Kivity<avi@xxxxxxxxxx>
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+What: KVM kernel-allocated memory slots
+When: July 2010
+Why: Since 2.6.25, kvm supports user-allocated memory slots, which are
+ much more flexible than kernel-allocated slots. All current userspace
+ supports the newer interface and this code can be removed with no
+ impact.
Just a note: can block userspace usage but can't really remove code
since there are in-kernel users (special purpose vmx pages).
Hm, we can add a new ioctl to ask userspace for a gpa range, but require
it to allocate the memory.
Otherwise looks good to me.
Okay - applying.
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