From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/10] KVM: MMU: fast path of handling guest page fault
Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 12:36:12 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FA6460C.8020702@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120505140836.GC11842@amt.cnet>
On 05/05/2012 05:08 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> It would be better if all these complications introduced by lockless
> updates can be avoided, say using A/D bits as Avi suggested.
Note that using A/D bits introduces new tradeoffs (when just a few bits
are dirtied per iteration, we reduce guest overhead, but increase host
overhead, since it has to scan a large number of sptes), and also a
large fraction of deployed systems don't have A/D bits support. But it
should affect our thinking - since in the long term all hosts will have it.
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-06 9:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-25 4:00 [PATCH v4 00/10] KVM: MMU: fast page fault Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-25 4:01 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] KVM: MMU: return bool in __rmap_write_protect Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-25 4:01 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] KVM: MMU: abstract spte write-protect Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-25 4:02 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] KVM: VMX: export PFEC.P bit on ept Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-25 4:02 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] KVM: MMU: introduce SPTE_MMU_WRITEABLE bit Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-25 4:03 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] KVM: MMU: introduce SPTE_WRITE_PROTECT bit Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-25 4:03 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] KVM: MMU: fast path of handling guest page fault Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-26 23:45 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-04-27 5:53 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-27 14:52 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-04-28 6:10 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-05-01 1:34 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-05-02 5:28 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-05-02 21:07 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-05-03 11:26 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-05-05 14:08 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-05-06 9:36 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2012-05-07 6:52 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-29 8:50 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-05-01 2:31 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-05-02 5:39 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-05-02 21:10 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-05-03 12:09 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-05-03 12:13 ` Avi Kivity
2012-05-03 0:15 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-05-03 12:23 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-05-03 12:40 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-04-25 4:04 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] KVM: MMU: lockless update spte on fast page fault path Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-25 4:04 ` [PATCH v4 08/10] KVM: MMU: trace fast page fault Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-25 4:05 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] KVM: MMU: fix kvm_mmu_pagetable_walk tracepoint Xiao Guangrong
2012-04-25 4:06 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] KVM: MMU: document mmu-lock and fast page fault Xiao Guangrong
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