linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm x86: release time

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Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:13:52 -0300
From:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Cc:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm x86: release time_page on vcpu destruction

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 04:08:31PM +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Not releasing the time_page causes a leak of that page or the compound
> page it is situated in.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    5 +++++
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 8ca100a..a1ecec5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -4159,6 +4159,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_put_guest_fpu);
>  
>  void kvm_arch_vcpu_free(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
> +	if (vcpu->arch.time_page) {
> +		kvm_release_page_dirty(vcpu->arch.time_page);
> +		vcpu->arch.time_page = NULL;
> +	}
> +
>  	kvm_x86_ops->vcpu_free(vcpu);
>  }

Looks good.

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