Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 15/27] xsplice, symbols: Implement fast symbol names -> virtual addresses lookup

2016-04-26 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 25.04.16 at 17:35, wrote: > The current mechanism is geared towards fast virtual address -> > symbol names lookup. This is fine for the normal use cases > (BUG_ON, WARN_ON, etc), but for xSplice - where we need to find > hypervisor symbols - it is slow. > > To

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 15/27] xsplice, symbols: Implement fast symbol names -> virtual addresses lookup

2016-04-25 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
The current mechanism is geared towards fast virtual address -> symbol names lookup. This is fine for the normal use cases (BUG_ON, WARN_ON, etc), but for xSplice - where we need to find hypervisor symbols - it is slow. To understand this patch, a description of the existing method is explained