[Devel] [RFC][PATCH 5/7] VPIDs: vpid/pid conversion in VPID enabled case

[Kirill Korotaev]

This is the main patch which contains all vpid-to-pid conversions
and auxilliary stuff. Virtual pids are distinguished from real ones
by the VPID_BIT bit set. Conversion from vpid to pid and vice versa
is performed in two ways: fast way, when vpid and it's according pid
differ only in VPID_BIT bit set ("linear" case), and more complex way,
when pid may correspond to any vpid ("sparse" case) - in this case we
use a hash-table based mapping.

Note that this patch implies that we have a public vps_info_t pointer
type to represent VPS (otherwise it is useless) so that it can be used
in any virtualisation solution. Virtualization solution should have the 
following "interface":
1. vps_info_t has member int id;
2. vps_info_t has member struct task_struct *init_task;
3. the following macros/functions are defined:
a. inside_vps() - returns true if current task is now
inside VPS;
b. task_inside_vps(task_t *) - returns true if task
belongs to VPS;
c. current_vps() - returns vps_info_t for current VPS;
d. task_vps(task_t *) - returns vps_info_t that task
belongs to;
e. set_sparce_vpid(vps_info_t) - switches VPS into state
when "sparce" conversion is used;
f. sparse_vpid(vps_info_t) - returns true if vps is in
"sparce" state and false if it is in "linear";
g. get_vps_tasks_num(vps_info_t) - returns the number of
tasks that belong to VPS.

Kirill
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