Re: [patch 4/5] KVM: MMU: reload request from GET_DIRTY_LOG path

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On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 08:12:07PM -0300, mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Reload remote vcpus MMU from GET_DIRTY_LOG codepath, before
> deleting a pinned spte.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c |    3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: kvm.pinned-sptes/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> ===================================================================
> --- kvm.pinned-sptes.orig/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c	2014-06-13 16:50:50.040140594 -0300
> +++ kvm.pinned-sptes/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c	2014-06-13 16:51:05.620104451 -0300
> @@ -1247,6 +1247,9 @@
>  		spte &= ~SPTE_MMU_WRITEABLE;
>  	spte = spte & ~PT_WRITABLE_MASK;
>  
> +	if (is_pinned_spte(spte))
> +		mmu_reload_pinned_vcpus(kvm);
> +
Why write protect it at all? mmu_reload_pinned_vcpus() will unprotected it anyway
on the next vmentry. Isn't it better to just report all pinned pages as dirty alway.

>  	return mmu_spte_update(sptep, spte);
>  }
>  
> 
> 

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			Gleb.
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