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Date:	Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:05:22 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH 17/55] KVM: MMU: Topup the mmu memory preallocation caches before emulating an insn

Emulation may cause a shadow pte to be instantiated, which requires
memory resources.  Make sure the caches are filled to avoid an oops.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
---
 drivers/kvm/mmu.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/mmu.c b/drivers/kvm/mmu.c
index ace3cb8..9be54a5 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1362,6 +1362,10 @@ int kvm_mmu_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t cr2, u32 error_code)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	r = mmu_topup_memory_caches(vcpu);
+	if (r)
+		goto out;
+
 	er = emulate_instruction(vcpu, vcpu->run, cr2, error_code, 0);
 	mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
 
-- 
1.5.3.7

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