linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 09/19] KVM: MMU: split kvm_mmu_free

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:23:10 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 09/19] KVM: MMU: split kvm_mmu_free_page

Split kvm_mmu_free_page to kvm_mmu_isolate_page and
kvm_mmu_free_page

One is used to remove the page from cache under mmu lock and the other is
used to free page table out of mmu lock

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c |   21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 91d3069..2f8543c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1039,14 +1039,28 @@ static inline void kvm_mod_used_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm, int nr)
 	percpu_counter_add(&kvm_total_used_mmu_pages, nr);
 }
 
-static void kvm_mmu_free_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+/*
+ * Remove the sp from shadow page cache, after call it,
+ * we can not find this sp from the cache, and the shadow
+ * page table is still valid.
+ * It should be under the protection of mmu lock.
+ */
+static void kvm_mmu_isolate_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
 	ASSERT(is_empty_shadow_page(sp->spt));
 	hlist_del(&sp->hash_link);
-	list_del(&sp->link);
-	free_page((unsigned long)sp->spt);
 	if (!sp->role.direct)
 		free_page((unsigned long)sp->gfns);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Free the shadow page table and the sp, we can do it
+ * out of the protection of mmu lock.
+ */
+static void kvm_mmu_free_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+{
+	list_del(&sp->link);
+	free_page((unsigned long)sp->spt);
 	kmem_cache_free(mmu_page_header_cache, sp);
 }
 
@@ -1678,6 +1692,7 @@ static void kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page(struct kvm *kvm,
 	do {
 		sp = list_first_entry(invalid_list, struct kvm_mmu_page, link);
 		WARN_ON(!sp->role.invalid || sp->root_count);
+		kvm_mmu_isolate_page(sp);
 		kvm_mmu_free_page(sp);
 	} while (!list_empty(invalid_list));
 
-- 
1.7.5.4

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