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Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM/MMU: Combine flushing remote tlb in mmu_set_spte()
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
        Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@microsoft.com>
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        Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>
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From:   Junaid Shahid <junaids@google.com>
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Date:   Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:26:46 -0700
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On 07/24/2018 07:35 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 24/07/2018 10:17, Tianyu Lan wrote:
>> mmu_set_spte() flushes remote tlbs for drop_parent_pte/drop_spte()
>> and set_spte() separately. This may introduce redundant flush. This
>> patch is to combine these flushes and check flush request after
>> calling set_spte().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <Tianyu.Lan@microsoft.com>
> 
> Looks good, but I'd like a second opinion.  Guangrong, Junaid, can you
> review this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paolo
> 
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 7 ++++---
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> index 22a7984..8f21632 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> @@ -2901,6 +2901,7 @@ static int mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep, unsigned pte_access,
>>  	int rmap_count;
>>  	int set_spte_ret;
>>  	int ret = RET_PF_RETRY;
>> +	bool flush = false;
>>  
>>  	pgprintk("%s: spte %llx write_fault %d gfn %llx\n", __func__,
>>  		 *sptep, write_fault, gfn);
>> @@ -2917,12 +2918,12 @@ static int mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep, unsigned pte_access,
>>  
>>  			child = page_header(pte & PT64_BASE_ADDR_MASK);
>>  			drop_parent_pte(child, sptep);
>> -			kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
>> +			flush = true;
>>  		} else if (pfn != spte_to_pfn(*sptep)) {
>>  			pgprintk("hfn old %llx new %llx\n",
>>  				 spte_to_pfn(*sptep), pfn);
>>  			drop_spte(vcpu->kvm, sptep);
>> -			kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
>> +			flush = true;
>>  		} else
>>  			was_rmapped = 1;
>>  	}
>> @@ -2934,7 +2935,7 @@ static int mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep, unsigned pte_access,
>>  			ret = RET_PF_EMULATE;
>>  		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu);
>>  	}
>> -	if (set_spte_ret & SET_SPTE_NEED_REMOTE_TLB_FLUSH)
>> +	if (set_spte_ret & SET_SPTE_NEED_REMOTE_TLB_FLUSH || flush)
>>  		kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
>>  
>>  	if (unlikely(is_mmio_spte(*sptep)))
>>
> 

Reviewed-by: Junaid Shahid <junaids@google.com>