svn commit: r259641 - in head/sys/amd64: amd64 include vmm/intel
Benjamin Kaduk
bjkfbsd at gmail.com
Fri Dec 20 18:27:22 UTC 2013
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Neel Natu <neel at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Author: neel
> Date: Fri Dec 20 05:50:22 2013
> New Revision: 259641
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/259641
>
> Log:
> Re-arrange bits in the amd64/pmap 'pm_flags' field.
>
> The least significant 8 bits of 'pm_flags' are now used for the IPI
> vector
> to use for nested page table TLB shootdown.
>
> Previously we used IPI_AST to interrupt the host cpu which is
> functionally
> correct but could lead to misleading interrupt counts for AST handler.
> The
> AST handler was also doing a lot more than what is required for the
> nested
> page table TLB shootdown (EOI and IRET).
>
This represents a KBI change, does it not? Should __FreeBSD_version be
bumped?
-Ben
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