WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-ia64-devel

Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] Modify to introduce delayed p2m table destruction

To: Doi.Tsunehisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] Modify to introduce delayed p2m table destruction
From: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:26:31 +0900
Cc: xen-ia64-devel <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:27:31 -0800
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <200611200130.kAK1UuF02363@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
List-help: <mailto:xen-ia64-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Discussion of the ia64 port of Xen <xen-ia64-devel.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-ia64-devel@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-ia64-devel>, <mailto:xen-ia64-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-ia64-devel>, <mailto:xen-ia64-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
References: <20061102103405.GA17534%yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <200611200130.kAK1UuF02363@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: xen-ia64-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
User-agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i
On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 10:30:56AM +0900, Doi.Tsunehisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>   We have studied it. So, we think that we can't realize to defer
> p2m table destruction with the convension. Thus, we'll take anothor
> approach to avoid the hypervisor hang. Basicaly, we'll introduce a
> reference count of p2m table like page struct.

Why do you think so?
I believe that it is possible without such a reference count.
-- 
yamahata

_______________________________________________
Xen-ia64-devel mailing list
Xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-ia64-devel