linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/22] KVM: MMU: Introduce kvm_read_guest_page

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Date:	Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:31:17 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/22] KVM: MMU: Introduce kvm_read_guest_page_x86()

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 04:35:06PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Perhaps have
> 
>    struct kvm_mmu base_mmu;
>    struct kvm_mmu nested_mmu;
>    struct kvm_mmu *mmu;

Okay, the pointer is only used in the gva_to_gpa path which is the
minority of mmu context usages. I will introduce a

	struct kvm_mmu *walk_mmu;

and use it in the page walking code.

	Joerg


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