Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752997Ab3EaAia (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 May 2013 20:38:30 -0400 Received: from e28smtp01.in.ibm.com ([122.248.162.1]:42537 "EHLO e28smtp01.in.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752094Ab3EaAhA (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 May 2013 20:37:00 -0400 From: Xiao Guangrong To: gleb@redhat.com Cc: avi.kivity@gmail.com, mtosatti@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, Xiao Guangrong Subject: [PATCH v8 11/11] KVM: MMU: reduce KVM_REQ_MMU_RELOAD when root page is zapped Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 08:36:30 +0800 Message-Id: <1369960590-14138-12-git-send-email-xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.7.6 In-Reply-To: <1369960590-14138-1-git-send-email-xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <1369960590-14138-1-git-send-email-xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-MML: No X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 13053100-4790-0000-0000-0000088CB3E4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1489 Lines: 47 From: Gleb Natapov Quote Gleb's mail: | why don't we check for sp->role.invalid in | kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page before calling kvm_reload_remote_mmus()? and | Actually we can add check for is_obsolete_sp() there too since | kvm_mmu_invalidate_all_pages() already calls kvm_reload_remote_mmus() | after incrementing mmu_valid_gen. [ Xiao: add some comments and the check of is_obsolete_sp() ] Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong --- arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c index 79af88a..6941fa7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c @@ -2108,7 +2108,13 @@ static int kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, kvm_mod_used_mmu_pages(kvm, -1); } else { list_move(&sp->link, &kvm->arch.active_mmu_pages); - kvm_reload_remote_mmus(kvm); + + /* + * The obsolete pages can not be used on any vcpus. + * See the comments in kvm_mmu_invalidate_zap_all_pages(). + */ + if (!sp->role.invalid && !is_obsolete_sp(kvm, sp)) + kvm_reload_remote_mmus(kvm); } sp->role.invalid = 1; -- 1.7.7.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/