linux-kernel - [PATCH v7 08/11] KVM: MMU: do not reuse the obsolete page

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Date:	Thu, 23 May 2013 03:55:57 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	gleb@...hat.com
Cc:	avi.kivity@...il.com, mtosatti@...hat.com, pbonzini@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 08/11] KVM: MMU: do not reuse the obsolete page

The obsolete page will be zapped soon, do not resue it to
reduce future page fault

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 3a3e6c5..9b57faa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1869,6 +1869,9 @@ static struct kvm_mmu_page *kvm_mmu_get_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		role.quadrant = quadrant;
 	}
 	for_each_gfn_sp(vcpu->kvm, sp, gfn) {
+		if (is_obsolete_sp(vcpu->kvm, sp))
+			continue;
+
 		if (!need_sync && sp->unsync)
 			need_sync = true;
 
-- 
1.7.7.6

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