The following commit: commit f8f559422b6c6a05469dfde614b67789b6142cb5 Author: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Jun 7 16:51:26 2013 +0800 KVM: MMU: fast invalidate all mmio sptes causes my kvm qemu qcow2 images to hang when they switch from the boot console to the desktop. For example: qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -net nic,vlan=0,model=virtio -net user -drive file=ubuntu,if=virtio,cache=unsafe -smp 2 -m 1024 boots normally at first, but then hangs as soon as Xorg gets started.` Perf top shows: 20.99% [kernel] [k] svm_vcpu_run 17.24% [kernel] [k] handle_mmio_page_fault_common 15.61% [kernel] [k] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run 12.49% [kernel] [k] fast_page_fault.part.78 I'm running: QEMU emulator version 1.4.2 on an AMD PhenomII X4 CPU. -- Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html