linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] kvm, x86: use ro page and don't copy shared page

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Date:	Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:15:22 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] kvm, x86: use ro page and don't copy shared page

On 07/16/2010 03:19 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:

>> +/* get a current mapped page fast, and test whether the page is writable. */
>> +static struct page *get_user_page_and_protection(unsigned long addr,
>> +	int *writable)
>> +{
>> +	struct page *page[1];
>> +
>> +	if (__get_user_pages_fast(addr, 1, 1, page) == 1) {
>> +		*writable = 1;
>> +		return page[0];
>> +	}
>> +	if (__get_user_pages_fast(addr, 1, 0, page) == 1) {
>> +		*writable = 0;
>> +		return page[0];
>> +	}
>> +	return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static pfn_t kvm_get_pfn_for_page_fault(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
>> +		int write_fault, int *host_writable)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned long addr;
>> +	struct page *page;
>> +
>> +	if (!write_fault) {
>> +		addr = gfn_to_hva(kvm, gfn);
>> +		if (kvm_is_error_hva(addr)) {
>> +			get_page(bad_page);
>> +			return page_to_pfn(bad_page);
>> +		}
>> +
>> +		page = get_user_page_and_protection(addr, host_writable);
>> +		if (page)
>> +			return page_to_pfn(page);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	*host_writable = 1;
>> +	return kvm_get_pfn_for_gfn(kvm, gfn);
>> +}
>> +
> kvm_get_pfn_for_gfn() returns fault_page if page is mapped RO, so caller
> of kvm_get_pfn_for_page_fault() and kvm_get_pfn_for_gfn() will get
> different results when called on the same page. Not good.
> kvm_get_pfn_for_page_fault() logic should be folded into
> kvm_get_pfn_for_gfn().
> 


The different results are the things we just need.
We don't want to copy and write a page which is mapped RO when
only read fault.
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