[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] xen/arm: Handling cache maintenance instructions by set/way
.snip.. > The suggested policy is based on the KVM one: > - If we trap a S/W instructions, we enable VM trapping (e.g > HCR_EL2.TVM) to > detect cache being turned on/off, and do a full clean. > - We flush the caches on both caches being turned on and off. > - Once the caches are enabled, we stop trapping VM instructions. > > Doing a full clean will require to go through the P2M and flush the entries > one by one. At the moment, all the memory is mapped. As you can imagine > flushing guest with hundreds of MB will take a very long time (Linux timeout > during CPU bring). Yikes. Since you mention 'based on the KVM one' - did they solve this particular problem or do they also have the same issue? _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel
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