From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM MMU: fix race in invlpg code
Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 20:45:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BE1686D.9000902@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BE1650B.7080809@redhat.com>
Avi Kivity wrote:
>> spin_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
>> + index = kvm_page_table_hashfn(gfn);
>> + bucket =&vcpu->kvm->arch.mmu_page_hash[index];
>> + hlist_for_each_entry_safe(s, node, tmp, bucket, hash_link)
>> + if (s == sp) {
>> + if (s->gfn == gfn&& s->role.word == role.word)
>> + live = true;
>> + break;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (!live)
>> + goto unlock_exit;
>> +
>>
>
> Did you try the root_count method? I think it's cleaner.
Avi, Thanks for your idea.
I have considered this method, but i'm not sure when it's the good time
to real free this page, and i think we also need a way to synchronize the
real free path and this path. Do you have any comment for it :-(
Xiao
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-05 12:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-05 12:19 [PATCH 1/2] KVM MMU: fix for forgot mark parent->unsync_children bit Xiao Guangrong
2010-05-05 12:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] KVM MMU: fix race in invlpg code Xiao Guangrong
2010-05-05 12:31 ` Avi Kivity
2010-05-05 12:45 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2010-05-05 12:52 ` Avi Kivity
2010-05-05 12:30 ` [PATCH 1/2] KVM MMU: fix for forgot mark parent->unsync_children bit Avi Kivity
2010-05-05 12:35 ` Xiao Guangrong
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