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Re: [Xen-devel] [V6 PATCH 6.2/7] pvh dom0: Add and remove foreign pages



At 15:27 -0800 on 16 Dec (1387204042), Mukesh Rathor wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:40:41 +0000
> "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > >>> On 14.12.13 at 03:48, Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >> Also, Jan may have an opinion about whether a teardown operation
> > >> that has to walk each p2m entry would have to be made
> > >> preemptible.  I'm not sure where we draw the line on such things.
> > > 
> > > Since at present teardown cleanup of foreign is not really that
> > > important as its only applicable to dom0, let me submit another
> > > patch for it on Mon with few ideas. That would also keep this patch
> > > size reasonable, and keep you from having to look at the same code
> > > over and over. 
> > > 
> > > So, please take a look at the version below with above two fixes. If
> > > you approve it, i can resubmit the entire series rebased to latest 
> > > with your ack on Monday, and the series can go in while we resolve
> > > the p2m teardown.
> > 
> > Going through the patch again, I'm not seeing any loop being
> > added. Am I missing something here?
> 
> Yes. Since the destruction of p2m leaking foreign pages only applies
> to control domain being destroyed, i don't think it is that critical
> that part get into 4.4.

Nak.  We can't let the tools break the refcounting.

Tim.

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