Re: [PATCH 02/11] Add "handle page fault" PV helper.
From: Rik van Riel
Date: Mon Nov 02 2009 - 18:36:05 EST
On 11/02/2009 02:33 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
On 11/02/2009 09:03 PM, Rik van Riel wrote:
This patch is not acceptable unless it's done cleaner. Currently we
already have 3 callbacks in do_page_fault() (kmemcheck, mmiotrace,
notifier), and this adds a fourth one.
There's another alternative - add our own exception vector
for async page faults. Not sure if that is warranted though,
especially if we already have other callbacks in do_page_fault()
and we can consolidate them.
We can't add an exception vector since all the existing ones are either
taken or reserved.
I believe some are reserved for operating system use.
That means the guest can pick one and tell the host to use
that one to notify it.
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