linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 09/10] KVM: MMU: fix MTRR update

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Date:	Thu, 14 May 2015 10:43:43 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>, gleb@...nel.org,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 09/10] KVM: MMU: fix MTRR update



On 14/05/2015 02:16, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> >SPTEs are kept around and cached.  The "role" field is used as the hash
> >key; if the role doesn't change, SPTEs are reused, so you have to zap
> >the SPTEs explicitly.
> 
> Btw, why the patch changelog mentioned that the root shadow page will be
> reused, I think it will be zapped in mmu_free_roots. 

Who has set sp->role.invalid on it?  If no one has, it's not zapped and
it will be found again in the hash table.

Paolo
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