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* KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_available_pages robust against n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages
@ 2013-03-13  1:36 Marcelo Tosatti
  2013-03-13  5:17 ` Xiao Guangrong
  2013-03-13  9:46 ` Gleb Natapov
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Marcelo Tosatti @ 2013-03-13  1:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kvm; +Cc: Gleb Natapov, Paolo Bonzini, Ulrich Obergfell


As noticed by Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>, the mmu
counters are for beancounting purposes only - so n_used_mmu_pages and
n_max_mmu_pages could be relaxed (example: before f0f5933a1626c8df7b),
resulting in n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages.

Make code robust against n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
index 6987108..3b1ad00 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ int kvm_init_shadow_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *context);
 
 static inline unsigned int kvm_mmu_available_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
-	return kvm->arch.n_max_mmu_pages -
-		kvm->arch.n_used_mmu_pages;
+	if (kvm->arch.n_max_mmu_pages > kvm->arch.n_used_mmu_pages)
+		return kvm->arch.n_max_mmu_pages -
+			kvm->arch.n_used_mmu_pages;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline void kvm_mmu_free_some_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

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* Re: KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_available_pages robust against n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages
  2013-03-13  1:36 KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_available_pages robust against n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages Marcelo Tosatti
@ 2013-03-13  5:17 ` Xiao Guangrong
  2013-03-13  9:46 ` Gleb Natapov
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Xiao Guangrong @ 2013-03-13  5:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marcelo Tosatti; +Cc: kvm, Gleb Natapov, Paolo Bonzini, Ulrich Obergfell

On 03/13/2013 09:36 AM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
> As noticed by Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>, the mmu
> counters are for beancounting purposes only - so n_used_mmu_pages and
> n_max_mmu_pages could be relaxed (example: before f0f5933a1626c8df7b),
> resulting in n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages.
> 

Interesting.

> Make code robust against n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages.

Reviewed-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>


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* Re: KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_available_pages robust against n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages
  2013-03-13  1:36 KVM: MMU: make kvm_mmu_available_pages robust against n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages Marcelo Tosatti
  2013-03-13  5:17 ` Xiao Guangrong
@ 2013-03-13  9:46 ` Gleb Natapov
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Gleb Natapov @ 2013-03-13  9:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marcelo Tosatti; +Cc: kvm, Paolo Bonzini, Ulrich Obergfell

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:36:43PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
> As noticed by Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>, the mmu
> counters are for beancounting purposes only - so n_used_mmu_pages and
> n_max_mmu_pages could be relaxed (example: before f0f5933a1626c8df7b),
> resulting in n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages.
> 
> Make code robust against n_used_mmu_pages > n_max_mmu_pages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
> 
Applied, thanks.

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> index 6987108..3b1ad00 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
> @@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ int kvm_init_shadow_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *context);
>  
>  static inline unsigned int kvm_mmu_available_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
>  {
> -	return kvm->arch.n_max_mmu_pages -
> -		kvm->arch.n_used_mmu_pages;
> +	if (kvm->arch.n_max_mmu_pages > kvm->arch.n_used_mmu_pages)
> +		return kvm->arch.n_max_mmu_pages -
> +			kvm->arch.n_used_mmu_pages;
> +
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static inline void kvm_mmu_free_some_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

--
			Gleb.

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