Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] kvm, mem-hotplug: Do not pin ept identity pagetable and apic access page.

Tang Chen
2014-07-09T01:20:33Z

On 07/08/2014 09:01 PM, Tang Chen wrote:
> ept identity pagetable and apic access page in kvm are pinned in memory.
> As a result, they cannot be migrated/hot-removed.
>
> But actually they don't need to be pinned in memory.
>
> [For ept identity page]
> Just do not pin it. When it is migrated, guest will be able to find the
> new page in the next ept violation.
>
> [For apic access page]
> The hpa of apic access page is stored in VMCS APIC_ACCESS_ADDR pointer.
> When apic access page is migrated, we update VMCS APIC_ACCESS_ADDR pointer
> for each vcpu in addition.
>
> Change log v1 -> v2:
> 1. Add [PATCH 4/5] to remove unnecessary kvm_arch->ept_identity_pagetable.
> 2. In [PATCH 3/5], only introduce KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD request.

s/[PATCH 3/5]/[PATCH 5/5]

> 3. In [PATCH 3/5], add set_apic_access_page_addr() for svm.

s/[PATCH 3/5]/[PATCH 5/5]

>
>
> Tang Chen (5):
> kvm: Add gfn_to_page_no_pin() to translate gfn to page without
> pinning.
> kvm: Use APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE macro as the apic access page address.
> kvm, mem-hotplug: Do not pin ept identity pagetable in memory.
> kvm: Remove ept_identity_pagetable from struct kvm_arch.
> kvm, mem-hotplug: Do not pin apic access page in memory.
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 11 +++++++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 9 ++++++++-
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
> include/linux/kvm_host.h | 3 +++
> virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 7 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>