linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/15] KVM: MMU: fast zap all shadow pages

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Date:	Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:03:46 +0300
From:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	mtosatti@...hat.com, avi.kivity@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/15] KVM: MMU: fast zap all shadow pages

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 02:32:38PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> This patchset is based on my previous two patchset:
> [PATCH 0/2] KVM: x86: avoid potential soft lockup and unneeded mmu reload
> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/1/2)
> 
> [PATCH v2 0/6] KVM: MMU: fast invalid all mmio sptes
> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/1/134)
> 
> Changlog:
> V3:
>   completely redesign the algorithm, please see below.
> 
This looks pretty complicated. Is it still needed in order to avoid soft
lockups after "avoid potential soft lockup and unneeded mmu reload" patch?

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			Gleb.
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