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Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:08:47 -0200
From:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	gleb@...hat.com, avi.kivity@...il.com, pbonzini@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/15] KVM: MMU: update spte and add it into rmap
 before dirty log

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 09:29:23PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log() write-protects the spte based on the its dirty
> bitmap, so we should ensure the writable spte can be found in rmap before the
> dirty bitmap is visible. Otherwise, we clear the dirty bitmap but fail to
> write-protect the page which is detailed in the comments in this patch
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 10 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>

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