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    KVM: powerpc: Map guest userspace with TID=0 mappings · 49dd2c49
    Hollis Blanchard authored
    When we use TID=N userspace mappings, we must ensure that kernel mappings have
    been destroyed when entering userspace. Using TID=1/TID=0 for kernel/user
    mappings and running userspace with PID=0 means that userspace can't access the
    kernel mappings, but the kernel can directly access userspace.
    
    The net is that we don't need to flush the TLB on privilege switches, but we do
    on guest context switches (which are far more infrequent). Guest boot time
    performance improvement: about 30%.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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