2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Dave Hansen (cherry picked from commit 6ad18fba05228fb1d47cdbc0339fe8b3fca1ca26) We're in a hot path. We can't use kmalloc() because it might impact performance. So, we just stick the buffer that we need into the kvm_vcpu_arch structure. This is used very often, so it is not really a waste. We also have to move the buffer structure's definition to the arch-specific x86 kvm header. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 23 ++++++++--------------- include/asm-x86/kvm_host.h | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c @@ -135,13 +135,6 @@ module_param(dbg, bool, 0644); #define ACC_USER_MASK PT_USER_MASK #define ACC_ALL (ACC_EXEC_MASK | ACC_WRITE_MASK | ACC_USER_MASK) -struct kvm_pv_mmu_op_buffer { - void *ptr; - unsigned len; - unsigned processed; - char buf[512] __aligned(sizeof(long)); -}; - struct kvm_rmap_desc { u64 *shadow_ptes[RMAP_EXT]; struct kvm_rmap_desc *more; @@ -2294,18 +2287,18 @@ int kvm_pv_mmu_op(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t addr, unsigned long *ret) { int r; - struct kvm_pv_mmu_op_buffer buffer; + struct kvm_pv_mmu_op_buffer *buffer = &vcpu->arch.mmu_op_buffer; - buffer.ptr = buffer.buf; - buffer.len = min_t(unsigned long, bytes, sizeof buffer.buf); - buffer.processed = 0; + buffer->ptr = buffer->buf; + buffer->len = min_t(unsigned long, bytes, sizeof buffer->buf); + buffer->processed = 0; - r = kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, addr, buffer.buf, buffer.len); + r = kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, addr, buffer->buf, buffer->len); if (r) goto out; - while (buffer.len) { - r = kvm_pv_mmu_op_one(vcpu, &buffer); + while (buffer->len) { + r = kvm_pv_mmu_op_one(vcpu, buffer); if (r < 0) goto out; if (r == 0) @@ -2314,7 +2307,7 @@ int kvm_pv_mmu_op(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, r = 1; out: - *ret = buffer.processed; + *ret = buffer->processed; return r; } --- a/include/asm-x86/kvm_host.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/kvm_host.h @@ -195,6 +195,13 @@ struct kvm_mmu_page { }; }; +struct kvm_pv_mmu_op_buffer { + void *ptr; + unsigned len; + unsigned processed; + char buf[512] __aligned(sizeof(long)); +}; + /* * x86 supports 3 paging modes (4-level 64-bit, 3-level 64-bit, and 2-level * 32-bit). The kvm_mmu structure abstracts the details of the current mmu @@ -237,6 +244,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch { bool tpr_access_reporting; struct kvm_mmu mmu; + /* only needed in kvm_pv_mmu_op() path, but it's hot so + * put it here to avoid allocation */ + struct kvm_pv_mmu_op_buffer mmu_op_buffer; struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_pte_chain_cache; struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache mmu_rmap_desc_cache; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/