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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] target-ppc: explicitly save page table head
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Cedric Le Goater |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] target-ppc: explicitly save page table headers in big endian |
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Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:56:32 +0100 |
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On 11/03/2014 03:53 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>
>
> On 27.10.14 11:23, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
>> Currently, when the page tables are saved, the kvm_get_htab_header structs
>> and the ptes are assumed being big endian and dumped as a indistinct blob
>> in the statefile. This is no longer true when the host is little endian
>> and this breaks restoration.
>>
>> This patch unfolds the kvmppc_save_htab routine to write explicitly the
>> kvm_get_htab_header structs in big endian. The ptes are left untouched.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <address@hidden>
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> Cc: address@hidden
>
> LGTM :)
OK then. I will resend as a PATCH, along with the kvm kernel patch which is
just a couple of lines. Then, we can start testing cross-endian migration !
Thanks,
C.