linux-kernel - [Patch v3 6/7] KVM: x86/mmu: Remove handle_changed_spte_dirty

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Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2023 17:46:25 -0800
From:   Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@...gle.com>
To:     seanjc@...gle.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, bgardon@...gle.com,
        dmatlack@...gle.com
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@...gle.com>
Subject: [Patch v3 6/7] KVM: x86/mmu: Remove handle_changed_spte_dirty_log()

Remove handle_changed_spte_dirty_log() as there is no code flow which
sets 4KiB SPTE writable and hit this path. This function marks the page
dirty in a memslot only if new SPTE is 4KiB in size and writable.

Current users of handle_changed_spte_dirty_log() are:
1. set_spte_gfn() - Create only non writable SPTEs.
2. write_protect_gfn() - Change an SPTE to non writable.
3. zap leaf and roots APIs - Everything is 0.
4. handle_removed_pt() - Sets SPTEs to REMOVED_SPTE
5. tdp_mmu_link_sp() - Makes non leaf SPTEs.

There is also no path which creates a writable 4KiB without going
through make_spte() and this functions takes care of marking SPTE dirty
in the memslot if it is PT_WRITABLE.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 22 ----------------------
 1 file changed, 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index e50e869bf879..0c031319e901 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -345,24 +345,6 @@ static void handle_changed_spte_acc_track(u64 old_spte, u64 new_spte, int level)
 		kvm_set_pfn_accessed(spte_to_pfn(old_spte));
 }
 
-static void handle_changed_spte_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id, gfn_t gfn,
-					  u64 old_spte, u64 new_spte, int level)
-{
-	bool pfn_changed;
-	struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
-
-	if (level > PG_LEVEL_4K)
-		return;
-
-	pfn_changed = spte_to_pfn(old_spte) != spte_to_pfn(new_spte);
-
-	if ((!is_writable_pte(old_spte) || pfn_changed) &&
-	    is_writable_pte(new_spte)) {
-		slot = __gfn_to_memslot(__kvm_memslots(kvm, as_id), gfn);
-		mark_page_dirty_in_slot(kvm, slot, gfn);
-	}
-}
-
 static void tdp_account_mmu_page(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
 {
 	kvm_account_pgtable_pages((void *)sp->spt, +1);
@@ -614,8 +596,6 @@ static void handle_changed_spte(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id, gfn_t gfn,
 	__handle_changed_spte(kvm, as_id, gfn, old_spte, new_spte, level,
 			      shared);
 	handle_changed_spte_acc_track(old_spte, new_spte, level);
-	handle_changed_spte_dirty_log(kvm, as_id, gfn, old_spte,
-				      new_spte, level);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -727,8 +707,6 @@ static u64 tdp_mmu_set_spte(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id, tdp_ptep_t sptep,
 
 	__handle_changed_spte(kvm, as_id, gfn, old_spte, new_spte, level, false);
 	handle_changed_spte_acc_track(old_spte, new_spte, level);
-	handle_changed_spte_dirty_log(kvm, as_id, gfn, old_spte, new_spte,
-				      level);
 	return old_spte;
 }
 
-- 
2.39.1.581.gbfd45094c4-goog