linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 9/10] KVM MMU: separate invlpg code form kvm_mmu_pte

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Date:	Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:13:40 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 9/10] KVM MMU: separate invlpg code form kvm_mmu_pte_write()



Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 04/25/2010 10:02 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> Let invlpg not depends on kvm_mmu_pte_write path, later patch will need
>> this feature
>>
>>
>>       if (mmu_topup_memory_caches(vcpu))
>>           return;
>> -    kvm_mmu_pte_write(vcpu, pte_gpa, NULL, sizeof(pt_element_t), 0);
>> +
>> +    kvm_read_guest_page(vcpu->kvm, gfn,&gentry, offset,
>> +                sizeof(pt_element_t));
>> +
>>    
> 
> Need error check.
> 
>> +    mmu_guess_page_from_pte_write(vcpu, gfn_to_gpa(gfn) + offset,
>> gentry);
>>    
> 
> This needs an undo operation to drop the page if we don't update_pte();
> see the end of kvm_mmu_pte_write().  That needs to go into a helper to
> avoid duplication.
> 

Ah, i forgot those, will fix in v3, thanks for you point out.
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