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authorCornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>2016-01-26 10:48:59 +0100
committerChristian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>2016-02-10 13:12:56 +0100
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KVM: s390: usage hint for adapter mappings
The interface for adapter mappings was designed with code in mind that maps each address only once; let's document this. Otherwise, duplicate mappings are added to the list, which makes the code ineffective and uses up the limited amount of mapping needlessly. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/s390_flic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/s390_flic.txt
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--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/s390_flic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/s390_flic.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ struct kvm_s390_io_adapter_req {
perform a gmap translation for the guest address provided in addr,
pin a userspace page for the translated address and add it to the
list of mappings
+ Note: A new mapping will be created unconditionally; therefore,
+ the calling code should avoid making duplicate mappings.
KVM_S390_IO_ADAPTER_UNMAP
release a userspace page for the translated address specified in addr