[RFC 07/13] KVM: arm64: ITS: Change entry_size and indirect bit in BASER
Marc Zyngier
marc.zyngier at arm.com
Thu Jan 12 09:05:29 PST 2017
On 12/01/17 15:56, Eric Auger wrote:
> Change the device table entry_size to 16 bytes instead of 8.
> We also Store the device and collection device in the its
> struct.
>
> The patch also clears the indirect bit for the device BASER.
> The indirect bit is set as read-only.
Err... Why? We *really* want to continue supporting indirect tables, as
this is a massive memory saver for the guest.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger at redhat.com>
>
> ---
>
> TODO: investigate support of 2 level tables, ie. enabling
> Indirect = 1. Support of 2 level tables is implementation
> defined.
Clearly, that's a regression. What exactly is the issue that decided you
to disable it?
Thanks,
M.
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