linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 11/15] KVM: MMU: reintroduce kvm_mmu_isolate

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Message-Id: <1378376958-27252-12-git-send-email-xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu,  5 Sep 2013 18:29:14 +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 v2 11/15] KVM: MMU: reintroduce kvm_mmu_isolate_page()

It was removed by commit 834be0d83. Now we will need it to do lockless shadow
page walking protected by rcu, so reintroduce it

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index fe80019..2bf450a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1675,14 +1675,30 @@ static inline void kvm_mod_used_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm, int nr)
 	percpu_counter_add(&kvm_total_used_mmu_pages, nr);
 }
 
-static void kvm_mmu_free_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+/*
+ * Remove the sp from shadow page cache, after call it,
+ * we can not find this sp from the cache, and the shadow
+ * page table is still valid.
+ *
+ * It should be under the protection of mmu lock.
+ */
+static void kvm_mmu_isolate_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
 	ASSERT(is_empty_shadow_page(sp->spt));
+
 	hlist_del(&sp->hash_link);
-	list_del(&sp->link);
-	free_page((unsigned long)sp->spt);
 	if (!sp->role.direct)
 		free_page((unsigned long)sp->gfns);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Free the shadow page table and the sp, we can do it
+ * out of the protection of mmu lock.
+ */
+static void kvm_mmu_free_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+{
+	list_del(&sp->link);
+	free_page((unsigned long)sp->spt);
 	kmem_cache_free(mmu_page_header_cache, sp);
 }
 
@@ -2361,6 +2377,7 @@ static void kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page(struct kvm *kvm,
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, nsp, invalid_list, link) {
 		WARN_ON(!sp->role.invalid || sp->root_count);
+		kvm_mmu_isolate_page(sp);
 		kvm_mmu_free_page(sp);
 	}
 }
-- 
1.8.1.4

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