linux-kernel - [PATCH 21/33] KVM: MMU: Coalesce remote tlb flushes

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Message-Id: <1199630379-28638-22-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com>
Date:	Sun,  6 Jan 2008 16:39:27 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	Eddie Dong <eddie.dong@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 21/33] KVM: MMU: Coalesce remote tlb flushes

From: Eddie Dong <eddie.dong@...el.com>

Host side TLB flush can be merged together if multiple
spte need to be write-protected.

Signed-off-by: Yaozu (Eddie) Dong <eddie.dong@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 401eb7c..9a57e1a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ static void rmap_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm, u64 gfn)
 {
 	unsigned long *rmapp;
 	u64 *spte;
+	int write_protected = 0;
 
 	gfn = unalias_gfn(kvm, gfn);
 	rmapp = gfn_to_rmap(kvm, gfn);
@@ -522,11 +523,14 @@ static void rmap_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm, u64 gfn)
 		BUG_ON(!spte);
 		BUG_ON(!(*spte & PT_PRESENT_MASK));
 		rmap_printk("rmap_write_protect: spte %p %llx\n", spte, *spte);
-		if (is_writeble_pte(*spte))
+		if (is_writeble_pte(*spte)) {
 			set_shadow_pte(spte, *spte & ~PT_WRITABLE_MASK);
-		kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm);
+			write_protected = 1;
+		}
 		spte = rmap_next(kvm, rmapp, spte);
 	}
+	if (write_protected)
+		kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm);
 }
 
 #ifdef MMU_DEBUG
-- 
1.5.3.7

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