linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] KVM: x86/mmu: Don't allow TDP MMU to yield when recovering NX pages

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Date:   Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:11:53 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] KVM: x86/mmu: Don't allow TDP MMU to yield when
 recovering NX pages

On 25/03/21 23:45, Ben Gardon wrote:
> I think in an earlier version of the TDP that I sent out, NX reclaim
> was a seperate thread for the two MMUs, sidestepping the balance
> issue.
> I think the TDP MMU also had a seperate NX reclaim list.
> That would also make it easier to do something under the read lock.

Yes that was my suggestion actually, I preferred to keep things simple 
because most of the time there would be only TDP MMU pages.

Paolo