linux-kernel - [PATCH 26/35] KVM: MMU: update invlpg handler comment

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Date:	Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:35:02 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 26/35] KVM: MMU: update invlpg handler comment

From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>

Large page translations are always synchronized (either in level 3
or level 2), so its not necessary to properly deal with them
in the invlpg handler.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index 72558f8..a601713 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ static void FNAME(invlpg)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva)
 		level = iterator.level;
 		sptep = iterator.sptep;
 
-		/* FIXME: properly handle invlpg on large guest pages */
 		if (level == PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL  ||
 		    ((level == PT_DIRECTORY_LEVEL && is_large_pte(*sptep))) ||
 		    ((level == PT_PDPE_LEVEL && is_large_pte(*sptep)))) {
-- 
1.6.5.2

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