linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 09/12] KVM: MMU: remove unnecessary kvm_mmu_free_some

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Message-ID: <4E37DB59.1010608@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:11:21 +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 v2 09/12] KVM: MMU: remove unnecessary kvm_mmu_free_some_pages

In kvm_mmu_pte_write, we do not need to alloc shadow page, so calling
kvm_mmu_free_some_pages is really unnecessary

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 5517115..9d0acdf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -3585,7 +3585,6 @@ void kvm_mmu_pte_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
 	 */
 	mmu_topup_memory_caches(vcpu);
 	spin_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
-	kvm_mmu_free_some_pages(vcpu);
 	++vcpu->kvm->stat.mmu_pte_write;
 	trace_kvm_mmu_audit(vcpu, AUDIT_PRE_PTE_WRITE);
 	if (gfn == vcpu->arch.last_pt_write_gfn
-- 
1.7.5.4

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