+ kvm-mmu-teach-the-page-table-walker-to-track-guest-page-table-gfns.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     KVM: MMU: Teach the page table walker to track guest page table gfns
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     kvm-mmu-teach-the-page-table-walker-to-track-guest-page-table-gfns.patch

See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this

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Subject: KVM: MMU: Teach the page table walker to track guest page table gfns
From: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Saving the table gfns removes the need to walk the guest and host page tables
in lockstep.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/kvm/paging_tmpl.h |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/kvm/paging_tmpl.h~kvm-mmu-teach-the-page-table-walker-to-track-guest-page-table-gfns drivers/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
--- a/drivers/kvm/paging_tmpl.h~kvm-mmu-teach-the-page-table-walker-to-track-guest-page-table-gfns
+++ a/drivers/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
  */
 struct guest_walker {
 	int level;
+	gfn_t table_gfn;
 	pt_element_t *table;
 	pt_element_t inherited_ar;
 };
@@ -63,8 +64,8 @@ static void FNAME(init_walker)(struct gu
 	struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
 
 	walker->level = vcpu->mmu.root_level;
-	slot = gfn_to_memslot(vcpu->kvm,
-			      (vcpu->cr3 & PT64_BASE_ADDR_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	walker->table_gfn = (vcpu->cr3 & PT64_BASE_ADDR_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	slot = gfn_to_memslot(vcpu->kvm, walker->table_gfn);
 	hpa = safe_gpa_to_hpa(vcpu, vcpu->cr3 & PT64_BASE_ADDR_MASK);
 	walker->table = kmap_atomic(pfn_to_page(hpa >> PAGE_SHIFT), KM_USER0);
 
@@ -133,6 +134,8 @@ static pt_element_t *FNAME(fetch_guest)(
 			return &walker->table[index];
 		if (walker->level != 3 || is_long_mode(vcpu))
 			walker->inherited_ar &= walker->table[index];
+		walker->table_gfn = (walker->table[index] & PT_BASE_ADDR_MASK)
+			>> PAGE_SHIFT;
 		paddr = safe_gpa_to_hpa(vcpu, walker->table[index] & PT_BASE_ADDR_MASK);
 		kunmap_atomic(walker->table, KM_USER0);
 		walker->table = kmap_atomic(pfn_to_page(paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT),
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx are

kvm-fix-gfp_kernel-alloc-in-atomic-section-bug.patch
kvm-use-raw_smp_processor_id-instead-of-smp_processor_id-where-applicable.patch
kvm-recover-after-an-arch-module-load-failure.patch
kvm-improve-interrupt-response.patch
kvm-prevent-stale-bits-in-cr0-and-cr4.patch
kvm-mmu-implement-simple-reverse-mapping.patch
kvm-mmu-teach-the-page-table-walker-to-track-guest-page-table-gfns.patch
kvm-mmu-load-the-pae-pdptrs-on-cr3-change-like-the-processor-does.patch
kvm-mmu-fold-fetch_guest-into-init_walker.patch
kvm-mu-special-treatment-for-shadow-pae-root-pages.patch
kvm-mmu-use-the-guest-pdptrs-instead-of-mapping-cr3-in-pae-mode.patch
kvm-mmu-make-the-shadow-page-tables-also-special-case-pae.patch
kvm-mmu-make-kvm_mmu_alloc_page-return-a-kvm_mmu_page-pointer.patch
kvm-mmu-shadow-page-table-caching.patch
kvm-mmu-write-protect-guest-pages-when-a-shadow-is-created-for-them.patch
kvm-mmu-let-the-walker-extract-the-target-page-gfn-from-the-pte.patch
kvm-mmu-support-emulated-writes-into-ram.patch
kvm-mmu-zap-shadow-page-table-entries-on-writes-to-guest-page-tables.patch
kvm-mmu-if-emulating-an-instruction-fails-try-unprotecting-the-page.patch
kvm-mmu-implement-child-shadow-unlinking.patch
kvm-mmu-kvm_mmu_put_page-only-removes-one-link-to-the-page.patch
kvm-mmu-oom-handling.patch
kvm-mmu-remove-invlpg-interception.patch
kvm-mmu-remove-release_pt_page_64.patch
kvm-mmu-handle-misaligned-accesses-to-write-protected-guest-page-tables.patch
kvm-mmu-ove-is_empty_shadow_page-above-kvm_mmu_free_page.patch
kvm-mmu-ensure-freed-shadow-pages-are-clean.patch
kvm-mmu-if-an-empty-shadow-page-is-not-empty-report-more-info.patch
kvm-mmu-page-table-write-flood-protection.patch
kvm-mmu-never-free-a-shadow-page-actively-serving-as-a-root.patch
kvm-mmu-fix-cmpxchg8b-emulation.patch
kvm-mmu-treat-user-mode-faults-as-a-hint-that-a-page-is-no-longer-a-page-table.patch
kvm-mmu-free-pages-on-kvm-destruction.patch
kvm-mmu-replace-atomic-allocations-by-preallocated-objects.patch
kvm-mmu-detect-oom-conditions-and-propagate-error-to-userspace.patch
kvm-mmu-flush-guest-tlb-when-reducing-permissions-on-a-pte.patch
kvm-mmu-destroy-mmu-while-we-still-have-a-vcpu-left.patch
kvm-mmu-add-audit-code-to-check-mappings-etc-are-correct.patch

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