From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Flush all VPID tagged TLB when VMXON Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:35:35 +0300 Message-ID: <485E00C7.70605@qumranet.com> References: <200806171739.58655.sheng.yang@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: "Yang, Sheng" Return-path: Received: from il.qumranet.com ([212.179.150.194]:35270 "EHLO il.qumranet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751037AbYFVHfX (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:35:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200806171739.58655.sheng.yang@intel.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Yang, Sheng wrote: > From efba05901f8ffca03208217d075f679f78f3469d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Sheng Yang > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:41:10 +0800 > Subject: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Flush all VPID tagged TLB when VMXON > > Why is this needed? Don't we flush a vpid immediately after allocating it? -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.