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From: Radim =?utf-8?B?S3LEjW3DocWZ?= <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] kvm: memslots: track id_to_index changes during the
 insertion sort
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:44:22 +0100
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2014-11-14 15:29+0100, Paolo Bonzini:
> On 14/11/2014 14:35, Radim Kr=C4=8Dm=C3=A1=C5=99 wrote:
> > We are replacing in a sorted array, so the the direction of our
> > traversal doesn't change, (and we could lose one tab level here,)
> >=20
> > 	if (new->npages < mslots[i].npages) {
> > 		while (i < (KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM - 1) &&
> > 		       new->npages < mslots[i + 1].npages) {
> > 			mslots[i] =3D mslots[i + 1];
> > 			slots->id_to_index[mslots[i].id] =3D i;
> > 			i++;
> > 		}
> > 	else if (new->npages > mslots[i].npages)
> > 		while (i > 0 &&
> > 		       new->npages > mslots[i - 1].npages) {
> > 			mslots[i] =3D mslots[i - 1];
> > 			slots->id_to_index[mslots[i].id] =3D i;
> > 			i--;
> > 		}
> >=20
> > (I guess you don't want me to abstract these two loops further :)
>=20
> Right.  You do not need the "else if" as long as you keep the outer "=
if
> (new->npages !=3D mslots[i].npages)".

True, I'm just an indentation hater.

> > (We'll have to change it into an interval tree, or something, if th=
e
> >  number of slots rises anyway.)
>=20
> I don't think that's needed, actually.  gfn_to_page and gfn_to_memslo=
t
> are very rarely in the profiles with EPT.

Ah, that replaces my reply to Igor, thanks.