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Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] export notifier #1
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Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> The remote page fault
>   

As we have two names for this ('shadow' and 'remote/export') I'd like to 
suggest a neutral nomenclature.  How about 'secondary mmu' (and 
secondary ptes (sptes), etc.)?  I think this fits xpmem, kvm, rdma, and dri.

-- 
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