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Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Don't rebuild page when the page is synced
 and no tlb flushing is required
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To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
        Hou Wenlong <houwenlong.hwl@antgroup.com>
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On 3/24/22 21:17, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> +static int kvm_sync_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
>>   			 struct list_head *invalid_list)
>>   {
>>   	int ret = vcpu->arch.mmu->sync_page(vcpu, sp);
>>   
>> -	if (ret < 0) {
>> +	if (ret < 0)
>>   		kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page(vcpu->kvm, sp, invalid_list);
>> -		return false;
>> -	}
>> -
>> -	return !!ret;
>> +	return ret;
> Hrm, this creates an oddity in mmu_sync_children(), which does a logical-OR of
> the result into a boolean.  It doesn't actually change the functionality since
> kvm_mmu_remote_flush_or_zap() will prioritize invalid_list, but it's weird.
> 
> What about checking invalid_list directly and keeping the boolean return?  Compile
> tested only.

It's even better to check

         flush |= kvm_sync_page(vcpu, sp, &invalid_list) > 0;

in mmu_sync_children.  If the returned value is <0, then the page is 
added to invalid_list and there is no need to set flush = true, just 
like there is no need to call kvm_flush_remote_tlbs() in kvm_mmu_get_page().

Paolo