On 18.02.2025 16:01, Orzel, Michal wrote: > On 18/02/2025 14:44, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 18.02.2025 10:51, Luca Fancellu wrote: >>> LLC coloring can be used only on MMU system, >> >> Just for my own education: Why is this? > I read this as it refers to the feature we have in Xen, not the generic > concept. > You could in theory achieve cache coloring without MMU using static allocation > or some custom allocator but in general we benefit from being able to map VA > to PA aligning with cache coloring scheme.
Oh, okay. Then maybe the sentence would better be worded to express that it's our present choice, rather than an inherent limitation? Jan
