linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] KVM: MMU: split the operations of kvm_mmu_zap

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Date:	Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:29:35 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] KVM: MMU: split the operations of kvm_mmu_zap_page()



Avi Kivity wrote:
  
> 
> It would be better to rewrite kvm_mmu_zap_page() in terms of
> prepare/commit in the patch so we don't have two copies of the same
> thing (also easier to review).

OK, i'll do it in the next version.

> 
> 
> 
> 
>>> This is a good idea, but belongs in a separate patch?  We can use it to
>>> reclaim invalid pages before allocating new ones.
>>>
>>>      
>> This patch is very simple and kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page() function
>> should depend on
>> kvm->arch.invalid_mmu_pages, so i think we on need separate this
>> patch, your opinion? :-)
>>
>>    
> 
> How about passing the list as a parameter to prepare() and commit()?  If
> the lifetime of the list is just prepare/commit, it shouldn't be a global.
> 

Does below example code show your meaning correctly?

+	struct list_head free_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(&free_list);

	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(sp, node, nn, bucket, hash_link) {
		if (sp->gfn == gfn && !sp->role.direct
		    && !sp->role.invalid) {
			pgprintk("%s: zap %lx %x\n",
				 __func__, gfn, sp->role.word);
+			kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page(kvm, sp, &free_list);
		}
	}
+	kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page(kvm, &free_list);


Thanks,
Xiao


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