Re: [PATCH 4/4] kvm: x86: mmu: Lockless access tracking for Intel CPUs without EPT A bits.

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On 27/10/2016 04:19, Junaid Shahid wrote:
> This change implements lockless access tracking for Intel CPUs without EPT
> A bits. This is achieved by marking the PTEs as not-present (but not
> completely clearing them) when clear_flush_young() is called after marking
> the pages as accessed. When an EPT Violation is generated as a result of
> the VM accessing those pages, the PTEs are restored to their original values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Junaid Shahid <junaids@xxxxxxxxxx>

Can you please modify Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt to document
this?  Also CCing Guangrong to get a review from the king. :)

Thanks,

Paolo
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