Re: [PATCH 2/5] KVM: MMU: split the operations of kvm_mmu_zap_page()

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On 05/31/2010 05:13 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:

Avi Kivity wrote:
On 05/30/2010 03:37 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
Using kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page() and kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page() to
split kvm_mmu_zap_page() function, then we can:

- traverse hlist safely
- easily to gather remote tlb flush which occurs during page zapped


+static int kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page(struct kvm *kvm, struct
kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    trace_kvm_mmu_zap_page(sp);
+    ++kvm->stat.mmu_shadow_zapped;
+    ret = mmu_zap_unsync_children(kvm, sp);
+    kvm_mmu_page_unlink_children(kvm, sp);
+    kvm_mmu_unlink_parents(kvm, sp);
+    if (!sp->role.invalid&&   !sp->role.direct)
+        unaccount_shadowed(kvm, sp->gfn);
+    if (sp->unsync)
+        kvm_unlink_unsync_page(kvm, sp);
+    if (!sp->root_count)
+        /* Count self */
+        ret++;
+    else
+        kvm_reload_remote_mmus(kvm);
+
+    sp->role.invalid = 1;
+    list_move(&sp->link,&kvm->arch.invalid_mmu_pages);
+    kvm_mmu_reset_last_pte_updated(kvm);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+    struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, *n;
+
+    if (list_empty(&kvm->arch.invalid_mmu_pages))
+        return;
+
+    kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm);
+    list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, n,&kvm->arch.invalid_mmu_pages, link) {
+        WARN_ON(!sp->role.invalid);
+        if (!sp->root_count)
+            kvm_mmu_free_page(kvm, sp);
+    }
+}
+

You're adding two new functions but not using them here?  Possibly in
the old kvm_mmu_zap_page()?
I use those in the next patch, it's not in kvm_mmu_zap_page(), it's used like:

hold mmu spin lock

kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page page A
kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page page B
kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page page C
......
kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page

It would be better to rewrite kvm_mmu_zap_page() in terms of prepare/commit in the patch so we don't have two copies of the same thing (also easier to review).




This is a good idea, but belongs in a separate patch?  We can use it to
reclaim invalid pages before allocating new ones.

This patch is very simple and kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page() function should depend on
kvm->arch.invalid_mmu_pages, so i think we on need separate this patch, your opinion? :-)


How about passing the list as a parameter to prepare() and commit()? If the lifetime of the list is just prepare/commit, it shouldn't be a global.

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