linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/11] KVM: MMU: remove the mismatch shadow page

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Message-ID: <4E2FD6AD.5010902@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:13:17 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] KVM: MMU: remove the mismatch shadow page

On 07/27/2011 12:11 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/26/2011 02:31 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> If the shadow page has different cpu mode with current vcpu, we do 
>> better
>> remove them since the OS does not changes cpu mode frequently
>>
>
> This is true

It's actually not true.  With nested virtualization the cpu changes 
modes all the time.

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