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From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong.eric@gmail.com>, mtosatti@redhat.com
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, ak@linux.intel.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
	gleb@kernel.org, avi.kivity@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] KVM: MMU: allow pinning spte translations (TDP-only)
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:26:22 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53CDF5FE.5080106@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F35E0BA1-FF86-4B62-9F94-AC7F25D9FD09@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On 07/22/2014 05:46 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:

>> +		if (is_pinned_spte(*sptep)) {
>> +			/* don't nuke pinned sptes if page aging: return
>> + 			 * young=yes instead.
>> + 			 */
>> +			if (age)
>> +				return 1;
>> +			mmu_reload_pinned_vcpus(kvm);
>> +		}
>> 		drop_spte(kvm, step);
> 
> This has a window between zapping spte and re-pin spte, so guest will fail
> at this time.

I got it, mmu_reload_pinned_vcpus will kick all vcpus out of guest and
pin the pages again... so it is ok. :)


  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-22  5:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-09 19:12 [patch 0/4] KVM: support for pinning sptes (v2) mtosatti
2014-07-09 19:12 ` [patch 1/4] KVM: x86: add pinned parameter to page_fault methods mtosatti
2014-07-09 19:12 ` [patch 2/4] KVM: MMU: allow pinning spte translations (TDP-only) mtosatti
2014-07-17 17:18   ` Nadav Amit
2014-07-17 21:38     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-07-24 12:16       ` Nadav Amit
2014-07-21 21:46   ` Xiao Guangrong
2014-07-22  5:26     ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2014-07-09 19:12 ` [patch 3/4] KVM: MMU: reload request from GET_DIRTY_LOG path mtosatti
2014-07-21 13:14   ` Gleb Natapov
2014-09-09 15:28     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-09-22 17:19       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-09-30 18:59         ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-10-04  7:23       ` Gleb Natapov
2014-10-06 17:19         ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-10-08  6:56           ` Gleb Natapov
2014-10-08 17:15             ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-10-08 17:59               ` Gleb Natapov
2014-10-08 19:22                 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-10-10 13:09                   ` Gleb Natapov
2014-10-13  8:52                     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-10-15  8:03                       ` Gleb Natapov
2014-07-21 21:55   ` Xiao Guangrong
2014-09-09 15:35     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-07-09 19:12 ` [patch 4/4] KVM: MMU: pinned sps are not candidates for deletion mtosatti
2014-07-21 21:59   ` Xiao Guangrong
2014-09-09 15:41     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-09-22 17:17       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2014-09-23  5:30       ` Xiao Guangrong
2014-07-09 19:20 ` [patch 0/4] KVM: support for pinning sptes (v2) Marcelo Tosatti

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