linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 6/6] KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_zap

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Message-Id: <1367032402-13729-7-git-send-email-xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:13:22 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	mtosatti@...hat.com
Cc:	gleb@...hat.com, avi.kivity@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 6/6] KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_zap_all preemptable

Now, kvm_mmu_zap_all is only called in the path of mmu_notifier->release,
at that time, vcpu has stopped that means no new page will be create, we
can use lock-break technique to avoid potential soft lockup

(Note: at this time, the mmu-lock still has contention between ->release
 and other mmu-notify handlers.)

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 63110c7..46d1d47 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -4197,12 +4197,21 @@ void kvm_mmu_zap_all(struct kvm *kvm)
 	struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, *node;
 	LIST_HEAD(invalid_list);
 
+	might_sleep();
+
 	spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 restart:
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, node, &kvm->arch.active_mmu_pages, link)
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, node, &kvm->arch.active_mmu_pages, link) {
 		if (kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page(kvm, sp, &invalid_list))
 			goto restart;
 
+		if (need_resched() || spin_needbreak(&kvm->mmu_lock)) {
+			kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page(kvm, &invalid_list);
+			cond_resched_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+			goto restart;
+		}
+	}
+
 	kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page(kvm, &invalid_list);
 	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 }
-- 
1.7.7.6

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