From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: don't drop spte if overwrite it from W to RO
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:34:24 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CE0C660.5000109@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CDFBF5B.10706@redhat.com>
On 11/14/2010 06:52 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 11/12/2010 12:30 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> We just need flush tlb if overwrite a writable spte with a read-only one
>>
>
> What are the advantages? Avoid playing with rmap, and avoid a window
> where the spte is missing?
>
Both, but only the first was in my mind when i'm making the patch :-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-15 5:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-12 10:30 [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: don't drop spte if overwrite it from W to RO Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12 10:33 ` [PATCH 2/4] KVM: MMU: rename 'reset_host_protection' to 'host_writeable' Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12 10:37 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12 10:34 ` [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: notrap it if gpte's reserved is set Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-14 10:56 ` Avi Kivity
2010-11-15 5:41 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-15 9:17 ` Avi Kivity
2010-11-17 1:45 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12 10:35 ` [PATCH 4/4] KVM: MMU: cleanup update_pte, pte_prefetch and sync_page functions Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-16 20:52 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-11-17 1:58 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-14 10:52 ` [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: don't drop spte if overwrite it from W to RO Avi Kivity
2010-11-15 5:34 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2010-11-16 20:24 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-11-17 1:42 ` Xiao Guangrong
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