Displaying 3 results from an estimated 3 matches for "free_unmap_vmap_area".
2019 Mar 12
1
[RFC PATCH V2 5/5] vhost: access vq metadata through kernel virtual address
...del requires.
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> As a rule of thumb any arch where copy_user_page doesn't define as
> copy_page will require some additional cache flushing after the
> kmap. Supposedly with vmap, the vmap layer should have taken care of
> that (I didn't verify that yet).
vmap_page_range()/free_unmap_vmap_area() will call
fluch_cache_vmap()/flush_cache_vunmap(). So vmap layer should be ok.
Thanks
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> There are some accessories like copy_to_user_page()
> copy_from_user_page() that could work and obviously defines to raw
> memcpy on x86 (the main cons is they don't provide word granular...
2019 Mar 11
4
[RFC PATCH V2 5/5] vhost: access vq metadata through kernel virtual address
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 03:40:31PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
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> On 2019/3/9 ??3:48, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > Hello Jeson,
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 04:50:36PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > Just to make sure I understand here. For boosting through huge TLB, do
> > > you mean we can do that in the future (e.g by mapping more userspace
> >
2019 Mar 11
4
[RFC PATCH V2 5/5] vhost: access vq metadata through kernel virtual address
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 03:40:31PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>
> On 2019/3/9 ??3:48, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > Hello Jeson,
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 04:50:36PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > Just to make sure I understand here. For boosting through huge TLB, do
> > > you mean we can do that in the future (e.g by mapping more userspace
> >