Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/23] memory: transaction API

2011-07-26 Thread Avi Kivity
On 07/26/2011 01:48 PM, Avi Kivity wrote: On 07/25/2011 10:16 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: On 07/25/2011 09:02 AM, Avi Kivity wrote: Allow changes to the memory hierarchy to be accumulated and made visible all at once. This reduces computational effort, especially when an accelerator (e.g. kvm)

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/23] memory: transaction API

2011-07-26 Thread Avi Kivity
On 07/25/2011 10:16 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: On 07/25/2011 09:02 AM, Avi Kivity wrote: Allow changes to the memory hierarchy to be accumulated and made visible all at once. This reduces computational effort, especially when an accelerator (e.g. kvm) is involved. Useful when a single register

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/23] memory: transaction API

2011-07-25 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 07/25/2011 09:02 AM, Avi Kivity wrote: Allow changes to the memory hierarchy to be accumulated and made visible all at once. This reduces computational effort, especially when an accelerator (e.g. kvm) is involved. Useful when a single register update causes multiple changes to an address sp

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/23] memory: transaction API

2011-07-25 Thread Avi Kivity
Allow changes to the memory hierarchy to be accumulated and made visible all at once. This reduces computational effort, especially when an accelerator (e.g. kvm) is involved. Useful when a single register update causes multiple changes to an address space. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity --- memory