Re: remove redundant VM Exit for non-aligned guest pte write or part of pte write.

[Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

Dong, Eddie wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
>> Dong, Eddie wrote:
>>     
>>> I observed 1-2 seconds faster in Windows XPSP2 ACPI bootup with
>>> total of 23 seconds.
>>> I can;t say it is exactly caused by this patch, but anyway it
>>> simplifies the logic and code w/o any additional complexity.
>>> thx,eddie 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Patch looks good, but will delay so that the guest scaling patch can
>> be merged.  kvm_read_guest() will need to change to
>> kvm_read_guest_inatomic(), since the mmu is becoming spinlocked.  
>>     
>
> Rebased.
> Thx, eddie
>
> A guest non-aligned pte write or part of pte
> update will leave shadow_trap_nonpresent_pte
> in spte, which expects a new VM Exit at next
> access time.
>
> This patch fixed this by reading guest pte
> in advance and thus be able to update spte
> and reduce next VM Exit.
>
>   

Wrong patch attached...

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