From: "Raslan, KarimAllah" <karahmed@amazon.de>
To: "konrad.wilk@oracle.com" <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
"rkrcmar@redhat.com" <rkrcmar@redhat.com>,
"pbonzini@redhat.com" <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 08/13] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the posted interrupt descriptor table
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:15:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1548440119.17444.22.camel@amazon.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190123180314.GM19289@Konrads-MacBook-Pro.local>
On Wed, 2019-01-23 at 13:03 -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 10:42:08AM +0100, KarimAllah Ahmed wrote:
> >
> > Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the posted interrupt descriptor table since
> > using kvm_vcpu_gpa_to_page() and kmap() will only work for guest memory
> > that has a "struct page".
> >
> > One additional semantic change is that the virtual host mapping lifecycle
> > has changed a bit. It now has the same lifetime of the pinning of the
> > interrupt descriptor table page on the host side.
>
> Is the description stale? I am not seeing how you are changing the
> semantics here. You follow the same path - map/unmap.
>
> Could you expand please?
This is pretty much the same case as in 7/13, it's just two different
life-cycle changes and I dropped one of them and the other one is still there :D
>
> >
> >
> > Signed-off-by: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@amazon.de>
> > ---
> > v4 -> v5:
> > - unmap with dirty flag
> >
> > v1 -> v2:
> > - Do not change the lifecycle of the mapping (pbonzini)
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Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-09 9:42 [PATCH v5 00/13] KVM/X86: Introduce a new guest mapping interface KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 01/13] X86/nVMX: handle_vmon: Read 4 bytes from guest memory KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 16:59 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 02/13] X86/nVMX: Update the PML table without mapping and unmapping the page KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 17:17 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 03/13] X86/KVM: Handle PFNs outside of kernel reach when touching GPTEs KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 17:31 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 04/13] KVM: Introduce a new guest mapping API KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-10 13:07 ` David Hildenbrand
2019-01-25 18:01 ` Raslan, KarimAllah
2019-01-23 17:41 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-23 17:50 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-25 18:09 ` Raslan, KarimAllah
2019-01-30 17:08 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 05/13] X86/nVMX: handle_vmptrld: Use kvm_vcpu_map when copying VMCS12 from guest memory KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 17:44 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 06/13] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the L1 MSR bitmap KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 07/13] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the virtual APIC page KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 17:57 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-25 18:14 ` Raslan, KarimAllah
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 08/13] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the posted interrupt descriptor table KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 18:03 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-25 18:15 ` Raslan, KarimAllah [this message]
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 09/13] KVM/X86: Use kvm_vcpu_map in emulator_cmpxchg_emulated KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 18:04 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 10/13] KVM/nSVM: Use the new mapping API for mapping guest memory KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 18:08 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 11/13] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map for accessing the shadow VMCS KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 18:10 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 12/13] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map for accessing the enlightened VMCS KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 18:11 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v5 13/13] KVM/nVMX: Use page_address_valid in a few more locations KarimAllah Ahmed
2019-01-23 18:18 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-25 18:17 ` Raslan, KarimAllah
2019-01-23 18:16 ` [PATCH v5 00/13] KVM/X86: Introduce a new guest mapping interface Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2019-01-25 18:28 ` Raslan, KarimAllah
2019-01-30 17:14 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-01-31 13:03 ` Raslan, KarimAllah
2019-01-31 13:10 ` Paolo Bonzini
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