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Re: [Xen-devel] sparse M2P table

To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] sparse M2P table
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:26:53 +0100
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On 16/09/2009 15:04, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Does that sound good?
> 
> Indeed, it doesn't really matter *what* gets mapped there. I wouldn't,
> however, strictly stick to the first chunk - if there's a 1G chunk, and later
> a 1G hole, I'd prefer using the existing 1G chunk there, and iteratively
> populate it with 2M chunks only when no 1G chunk was previously
> allocated. Perhaps (depending on what turns out simpler) I might also
> just use the most recent chunk for sticking in a hole...

Sounds fine to me.

 K.



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