Re: [GIT PULL 00/15] KVM: s390: Features and fixes for next (3.18)

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Il 26/08/2014 13:59, Christian Borntraeger ha scritto:
> This patch is more of a cleanup - making clear whats going on. Its not needed for something special.
> 
> It does two things:
> - encapsulate the TLB flushing - Yes, a function hiding that would also work. We decided to reuse an existing interface
> - serialize the TLB flushing against other control block updates. This is not necessary, it just happens as a consequence of being a request
> 
> Agreed, it will be a bit slower (instead of setting a field we now also set and test a request bit).
> Since we only need to do that in rare cases (specific control register updates via userspace and prefix setting) The performance does not matter at all.
> 
> I can take out that patch and redo the tag, or leave it in. Let me know.

You can leave it in, I just wanted to understand better.

In fact, supporting KVM_REQ_FLUSH_TLB is in general a good thing since
generic MMU notifier code refers to it.

Paolo
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