From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] KVM: MMU: combine guest pte read between walk and pte prefetch
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:57:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C2F33BD.1030000@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C2F30BD.7050702@redhat.com>
Avi Kivity wrote:
>> And this check is not sufficient, since it's only checked if the
>> mapping is zapped or not exist, for other words only when broken this
>> judgment:
>> is_shadow_present_pte(*sptep)&& !is_large_pte(*sptep)
>>
>> but if the middle level is present and it's not the large mapping,
>> this check is skipped.
>>
>
>
> Well, in the description, it looked like everything was using small
> pages (in kvm, level=1 means PTE level, we need to change this one
> day). Please describe again and say exactly when the guest or host uses
> large pages.
>
Avi, sorry for my poor English, i not mean "everything was using small", i don't
know where cause you confused :-(
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-03 12:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-01 13:53 [PATCH v4 1/6] KVM: MMU: introduce gfn_to_pfn_atomic() function Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-01 13:53 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] KVM: MMU: introduce gfn_to_page_many_atomic() function Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-01 13:54 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] KVM: MMU: introduce pte_prefetch_topup_memory_cache() Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-01 13:55 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] KVM: MMU: prefetch ptes when intercepted guest #PF Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-02 16:54 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-07-03 8:08 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-05 12:01 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-07-06 0:50 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-01 13:55 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] KVM: MMU: combine guest pte read between walk and pte prefetch Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-02 17:03 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-07-03 10:31 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-03 12:08 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-03 12:16 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-03 12:26 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-03 12:31 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-03 12:44 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-03 12:49 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-03 13:03 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-04 14:30 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-05 2:52 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-05 8:23 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-05 8:45 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-05 9:05 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-05 9:09 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-05 9:20 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-05 9:31 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-03 12:57 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2010-07-04 14:32 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-03 11:48 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-01 13:56 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] KVM: MMU: trace " Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-02 16:47 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] KVM: MMU: introduce gfn_to_pfn_atomic() function Marcelo Tosatti
2010-07-03 3:13 ` Nick Piggin
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