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Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: refactor global page-sized bitmaps

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2016-09-23 17:35 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>:
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> On 23/09/2016 01:18, Radim Krčmář wrote:
>> We've had 10 page-sized bitmaps that were being allocated and freed one
>> by one when we could just use a cycle and MSR bitmaps had a lot of
>> useless code lying around.
>>
>> This patch
>>  * enumerates vmx bitmaps and uses an array to store them
>>  * replaces vmx_enable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic() with a condition
>>  * joins vmx_msr_disable_intercept_msr_{read,write}_x2apic()
>>  * renames x2apic_apicv_inactive msr_bitmaps to x2apic and original
>>    x2apic bitmaps to x2apic_apicv
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> It's almost like this could be split in four patches! :)  Seriously, I
> like it very much but it's very hard to review.

Yeah, I also like it very much. :) I will send a patch for the rename
one, actually it should be in my previous patch, however, a separate
patch is necessary since the previous patch is merged.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

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[PATCH] KVM: VMX: refactor global page-sized bitmaps Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-09-23 01:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: refactor global page-sized bitmaps Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-09-23 11:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: refactor global page-sized bitmaps Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2016-09-23 11:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: refactor global page-sized bitmaps Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-09-27 16:20 +0200

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