lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2012]   [Sep]   [10]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: MMU: release noslot pfn on the fail path properly
On 09/10/2012 05:02 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 09/10/2012 11:37 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> On 09/10/2012 04:22 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>>> On 09/07/2012 09:13 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>>>> We can not directly call kvm_release_pfn_clean to release the pfn
>>>> since we can meet noslot pfn which is used to cache mmio info into
>>>> spte
>>>>
>>>> Introduce mmu_release_pfn_clean to do this kind of thing
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
>>>> arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h | 4 ++--
>>>> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>>>> index 399c177..3c10bca 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>>>> @@ -2432,6 +2432,16 @@ done:
>>>> return ret;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * The primary user is page fault path which call it to properly
>>>> + * release noslot_pfn.
>>>> + */
>>>> +static void mmu_release_pfn_clean(pfn_t pfn)
>>>> +{
>>>> + if (!is_error_pfn(pfn))
>>>> + kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>
>>> Too many APIs, each slightly different. How do I know which one to call?
>>
>> It is only used in mmu and it is a static function.
>
> Still, how do I know which one to call? The name tells me nothing.
> When I read the code, how do I know if a call is correct or not?
>
>>
>>>
>>> Please change kvm_release_pfn_*() instead, calling some arch hook (or
>>> even #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_HAS_FAST_MMIO) to check for the special case.
>>
>> We only need to call it on page fault path. If we change the common API
>> other x86 components have to suffer from it.
>
> This way, I have to suffer from it.

Sorry. :(

>
> btw, what about another approach, to avoid those paths completely?
> Avoid calling __direct_map() with error_pfn, and jump to a label after
> kvm_release_pfn_clean() in page_fault(), etc?

I will try it.




\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2012-09-10 12:01    [W:0.179 / U:0.264 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site