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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: MMU: allow more page become unsync at getting sp time
On 05/24/2010 05:31 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>
>> On 05/23/2010 03:16 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>>
>>> Allow more page become asynchronous at getting sp time, if need create
>>> new
>>> shadow page for gfn but it not allow unsync(level> 1), we should
>>> unsync all
>>> gfn's unsync page
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> +/* @gfn should be write-protected at the call site */
>>> +static void kvm_sync_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn)
>>> +{
>>> + struct hlist_head *bucket;
>>> + struct kvm_mmu_page *s;
>>> + struct hlist_node *node, *n;
>>> + unsigned index;
>>> + bool flush = false;
>>> +
>>> + index = kvm_page_table_hashfn(gfn);
>>> + bucket =&vcpu->kvm->arch.mmu_page_hash[index];
>>> + hlist_for_each_entry_safe(s, node, n, bucket, hash_link) {
>>>
>>>
>> role.direct, role.invalid?
>>
> We only handle unsync pages here, and 'role.direct' or 'role.invalid'
> pages can't become unsync.
>

They will be once the invlpg patch is in...

>
>> Well, role.direct cannot be unsync. But that's not something we want to
>> rely on.
>>
> While we mark the unsync page, we have filtered out the 'role.direct' pages,
> so, i think we not need worry 'role.direct' here. :-)
>

Ok.

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