Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > - For the most common runtime cases (everything except Xen and vSMP), > vmlinux disassembly now matches what the actual runtime code looks > like. This improves debuggability and kernel developer sanity (a > precious resource). > > ... > > - It's hopefully a first step in simplifying paravirt patching by > getting rid of .parainstructions, pv ops, and apply_paravirt() > completely. (I think Xen can be changed to set CPU feature bits to > specify which ops it needs during early boot, then those ops can be > patched in using early alternatives.) JFYI starting 4.14 Xen PV is not the only user of pv_mmu_ops, Hyper-V uses it for TLB shootdown now. -- Vitaly _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
