linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 03/10] KVM: Remove tlbs

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Date:   Sat, 18 Sep 2021 08:56:29 +0800
From:   Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V2 03/10] KVM: Remove tlbs_dirty

From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>

There is no user of tlbs_dirty.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
 include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 -
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 9 +--------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index e4d712e9f760..3b7846cd0637 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -608,7 +608,6 @@ struct kvm {
 	unsigned long mmu_notifier_range_start;
 	unsigned long mmu_notifier_range_end;
 #endif
-	long tlbs_dirty;
 	struct list_head devices;
 	u64 manual_dirty_log_protect;
 	struct dentry *debugfs_dentry;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 3e67c93ca403..6d6be42ec78d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -312,12 +312,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_make_all_cpus_request);
 #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_TLB_FLUSH_ALL
 void kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Read tlbs_dirty before setting KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH in
-	 * kvm_make_all_cpus_request.
-	 */
-	long dirty_count = smp_load_acquire(&kvm->tlbs_dirty);
-
 	/*
 	 * We want to publish modifications to the page tables before reading
 	 * mode. Pairs with a memory barrier in arch-specific code.
@@ -332,7 +326,6 @@ void kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(struct kvm *kvm)
 	if (!kvm_arch_flush_remote_tlb(kvm)
 	    || kvm_make_all_cpus_request(kvm, KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH))
 		++kvm->stat.generic.remote_tlb_flush;
-	cmpxchg(&kvm->tlbs_dirty, dirty_count, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_flush_remote_tlbs);
 #endif
@@ -537,7 +530,7 @@ static __always_inline int __kvm_handle_hva_range(struct kvm *kvm,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (range->flush_on_ret && (ret || kvm->tlbs_dirty))
+	if (range->flush_on_ret && ret)
 		kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm);
 
 	if (locked)
-- 
2.19.1.6.gb485710b