From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>,
kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: KVM swapping with mmu notifiers
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:43:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <478B833E.1020801@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080114142457.GF7062-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>>
>> Aren't mmu notifiers called with mmap_sem held for read?
>>
>> Maybe not from the swap path?
>>
>
> Good point, the swap path isn't covered by the mmap_sem, so Marcelo's
> right I need to fixup the locking a bit.
>
One idea I had at a time was to add ->lock() and ->unlock() callbacks to
mmu notifiers that would be called in a sleepy context. But that seems
heavy handed. Maybe it can be fixed in some clever way with rcu or with
a rwlock around the memory slot map.
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2008-01-13 13:32 KVM swapping with mmu notifiers Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20080113133244.GC8736-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-13 15:02 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-01-14 13:45 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2008-01-14 14:06 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-01-14 14:09 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <478B6CFF.9070801-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-14 14:24 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20080114142457.GF7062-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-14 15:43 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
[not found] ` <478B833E.1020801-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-14 17:44 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20080114174447.GA30812-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-15 14:40 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <478CC5D3.2040201-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-15 15:52 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20080115155253.GA7059-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-15 15:57 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <478CD7CF.3080603-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-15 16:09 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20080115160936.GC7059-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-20 15:16 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <479365B3.3000600-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-21 11:37 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20080121113715.GE6970-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-21 12:53 ` Avi Kivity
2008-01-22 13:37 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <4795F1B7.9050604-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-22 14:56 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20080122145631.GG7331-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-22 16:17 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <47961722.2010804-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-22 17:18 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20080122171806.GH7331-lysg2Xt5kKMAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-22 20:03 ` Andrea Arcangeli
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