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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 09/16] kvm: arm/arm64: Delay stage2 page table allocation
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On 08/02/18 11:01, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 07:04:04PM +0000, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
>> We allocate the entry level page tables for stage2 when the
>> VM is created. This doesn't give us the flexibility of configuring
>> the physical address space size for a VM. In order to allow
>> the VM to choose the required size, we delay the allocation of
>> stage2 entry level tables until we really try to map something.
>>
>> This could be either when the VM creates a memory range or when
>> it tries to map a device memory. So we add in a hook to these
>> two places to make sure the tables are allocated. We use
>> kvm->slots_lock to serialize the allocation entry point, since
>> we add hooks to the arch specific call back with the mutex held.

...

>>
>> -/**
>> - * kvm_phys_addr_ioremap - map a device range to guest IPA
>> - *
>> - * @kvm: The KVM pointer
>> - * @guest_ipa: The IPA at which to insert the mapping
>> - * @pa: The physical address of the device
>> - * @size: The size of the mapping
>> +/*
>> + * Finalise the stage2 page table layout. Must be called with kvm->slots_lock
>> + * held.
>> */
>> -int kvm_phys_addr_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t guest_ipa,
>> +static int __kvm_init_stage2_table(struct kvm *kvm)
>> +{
>> + /* Double check if somebody has already allocated it */
>
> dubious comment: Either leave it out or explain that we need to check
> again with the mutex held.
>
>> + if (likely(kvm->arch.pgd))
>> + return 0;
>> + return kvm_alloc_stage2_pgd(kvm);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int kvm_init_stage2_table(struct kvm *kvm)
>> +{
>> + int rc;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * Once allocated, the stage2 entry level tables are only
>> + * freed when the KVM instance is destroyed. So, if we see
>> + * something valid here, that guarantees that we have
>> + * done the one time allocation and it is something valid
>> + * and won't go away until the last reference to the KVM
>> + * is gone.
>> + */
>
> Really not sure if this comment adds something beyond what's described
> by the code already?

Agreed. Will clean it up.

Thanks

Suzuki

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