Hi... On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, Arn, > > so have u done anything so far? Frankly, i don't understand what is > the purpose of MMU notification patch - anyone can explain? > > For example, one particular explanation is given here: > > http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2008-01/msg04810.html > > So my question is: is the "shadow pagetable" referring to that of > the KVM/XEN's shadow pagetable? Linux kernel without virtualization > does not have "shadow pagetable" right? yes, shadow pagetable is "fake pgd/pmd/pte" created by hypervisor to mimic the work of MMU on real hardware. So, by using MMU notifier, the best I can conclude after quickly reading Andrea's message..is to notice if certain memory region is freed from shadow pagetables. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
