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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 5/5] exec: memory radix tree page level comp
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 5/5] exec: memory radix tree page level compression |
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Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:58:19 -0700 |
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On 11/11/2013 09:41 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> At the moment, memory radix tree is already variable width, but it can
> only skip the low bits of address.
>
> This is efficient if we have huge memory regions but inefficient if we
> are only using a tiny portion of the address space.
>
> After we have built up the map, it's a simple matter to detect
> configurations where a single L2 entry is valid.
>
> We can them speed up the lookup by skipping one or more levels.
s/them/then/
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/5] making address spaces 64 bit wide, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2013/11/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 1/5] split definitions for exec.c and translate-all.c radix trees, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2013/11/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 2/5] exec: make address spaces 64-bit wide, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2013/11/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 3/5] exec: relace leaf with skip, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2013/11/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 4/5] exec: extend skip field to 3 bits, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2013/11/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 5/5] exec: memory radix tree page level compression, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2013/11/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 5/5] exec: memory radix tree page level compression,
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/5] making address spaces 64 bit wide, Paolo Bonzini, 2013/11/11