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SubjectRe: [PATCH v10 02/14] KVM: Cache as_id in kvm_memory_slot
On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 04:08:49PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 07:59:45AM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> > Cache the address space ID just like the slot ID. It will be used in
> > order to fill in the dirty ring entries.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> > Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 +
> > virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 1 +
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > index 01276e3d01b9..5e7bbaf7a36b 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ struct kvm_memory_slot {
> > unsigned long userspace_addr;
> > u32 flags;
> > short id;
> > + u16 as_id;
> > };
> >
> > static inline unsigned long kvm_dirty_bitmap_bytes(struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot)
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > index 74bdb7bf3295..ebdd98a30e82 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > @@ -1243,6 +1243,7 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
> > if (!mem->memory_size)
> > return kvm_delete_memslot(kvm, mem, &old, as_id);
>
> This technically needs to set as_id in the deleted memslot. I highly doubt
> it will ever matter from a functionality perspective, but it'd be confusing
> to encounter a memslot whose as_id did not match that of its owner.

Yeah it shouldn't matter because as_id is directly passed in to look up the
pointer of kvm_memslots in kvm_delete_memslot, and memslot->as_id shouldn't be
further referenced.

I can add a comment above if this can clarify things a bit:

+ u16 as_id; /* cache of as_id; only valid if npages != 0 */

Thanks,

--
Peter Xu

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