Re: [Xen-devel] Shadow Page Tables for PV Guest

[Gianluca Guida <gianluca.guida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 2:47 PM, zhujun<zhujun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>          Does shadow page table uses oos optimization for PV guest? In the
> sh_unsync() function, it is only hvm that can put a L1 page table into oos
> list. Why?

The OOS was meant as a HVM optimization (in the specific targeting
Windows guest). Shadow pagetables are currently used by PV guests only
for live migration, and in that context the OOS would just be an
unneeded complexity.

Gianluca

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