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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: Gleb Natapov <gleb@kernel.org>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, ak@linux.intel.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
	xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com, avi.kivity@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] KVM: MMU: reload request from GET_DIRTY_LOG path
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:22:31 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141008192231.GA5866@amt.cnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141008175937.GV26540@minantech.com>

> > 
> > Argh, lets try again:
> > 
> > skip_pinned = true
> > ------------------
> > 
> > mark page dirty, keep spte intact
> > 
> > called from get dirty log path.
> > 
> > skip_pinned = false
> > -------------------
> > reload remote mmu
> > destroy pinned spte.
> > 
> > called from: dirty log enablement, rmap write protect (unused for pinned
> > sptes)
> > 
> > 
> > Note this behaviour is your suggestion:
> 
> Yes, I remember that and I thought we will not need this skip_pinned
> at all.  For rmap write protect case there shouldn't be any pinned pages,
> but why dirty log enablement sets skip_pinned to false? Why not mark
> pinned pages as dirty just like you do in get dirty log path?

Because if its a large spte, it must be nuked (or marked read-only,
which for pinned sptes, is not possible).


  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-08 19:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-09 19:12 [patch 0/4] KVM: support for pinning sptes (v2) mtosatti
2014-07-09 19:12 ` [patch 1/4] KVM: x86: add pinned parameter to page_fault methods mtosatti
2014-07-09 19:12 ` [patch 2/4] KVM: MMU: allow pinning spte translations (TDP-only) mtosatti
2014-07-17 17:18   ` Nadav Amit
2014-07-17 21:38     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-07-24 12:16       ` Nadav Amit
2014-07-21 21:46   ` Xiao Guangrong
2014-07-22  5:26     ` Xiao Guangrong
2014-07-09 19:12 ` [patch 3/4] KVM: MMU: reload request from GET_DIRTY_LOG path mtosatti
2014-07-21 13:14   ` Gleb Natapov
2014-09-09 15:28     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-09-22 17:19       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-09-30 18:59         ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-10-04  7:23       ` Gleb Natapov
2014-10-06 17:19         ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-10-08  6:56           ` Gleb Natapov
2014-10-08 17:15             ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-10-08 17:59               ` Gleb Natapov
2014-10-08 19:22                 ` Marcelo Tosatti [this message]
2014-10-10 13:09                   ` Gleb Natapov
2014-10-13  8:52                     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-10-15  8:03                       ` Gleb Natapov
2014-07-21 21:55   ` Xiao Guangrong
2014-09-09 15:35     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-07-09 19:12 ` [patch 4/4] KVM: MMU: pinned sps are not candidates for deletion mtosatti
2014-07-21 21:59   ` Xiao Guangrong
2014-09-09 15:41     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-09-22 17:17       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-09-23  5:30       ` Xiao Guangrong
2014-07-09 19:20 ` [patch 0/4] KVM: support for pinning sptes (v2) Marcelo Tosatti

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