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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: MMU: allow more page become unsync at gfn mapping time
On 05/24/2010 05:03 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>
>
>>> + if (need_unsync)
>>> + kvm_unsync_pages(vcpu, gfn);
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Looks good, I'm just uncertain about role.invalid handling. What's the
>> reasoning here?
>>
>>
> Avi,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> We no need worry about 'role.invalid' here, since we only allow the PTE shadow
> pages(role.level == 1) become unsync, and in current code, 'role.invalid' is only
> used for root shadow pages.
>

Right, the invlpg change is not it yet. But I think it should be in
this patch; I don't like subtle dependencies, and it will make the
invplg patch simpler.

--
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.



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