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From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
To: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] KVM: MMU: fix release noslot pfn
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:24:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120924112416.GA23096@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <505FE8B4.8030309@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:59:32PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> On 09/23/2012 05:13 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 02:57:19PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> >> We can not directly call kvm_release_pfn_clean to release the pfn
> >> since we can meet noslot pfn which is used to cache mmio info into
> >> spte
> >>
> > Wouldn't it be better to move the check into kvm_release_pfn_clean()?
> 
> I think there is no reason for us to prefer to adding this branch in
> the common code. :)

Is the function performance critical? Is function called without the check
on a hot path?  The function already contains much heavier kvm_is_mmio_pfn()
check. If most/all function invocation require check before call it's
better to move it inside.
 
--
			Gleb.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-24 11:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-21  6:56 [PATCH v3 0/7] KVM: MMU: fix release pfn in mmu code Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-21  6:57 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] KVM: MMU: fix release noslot pfn Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-23  9:13   ` Gleb Natapov
2012-09-24  4:59     ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-24 11:24       ` Gleb Natapov [this message]
2012-09-24 11:49         ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-24 12:04           ` Gleb Natapov
2012-09-24 12:32             ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-27 16:25               ` Avi Kivity
2012-09-21  6:57 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] KVM: MMU: remove mmu_is_invalid Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-21  6:58 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] KVM: MMU: do not release pfn in mmu_set_spte Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-21  6:58 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] KVM: MMU: cleanup FNAME(page_fault) Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-21  6:59 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] KVM: MMU: introduce FNAME(prefetch_gpte) Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-21  6:59 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] KVM: MMU: move prefetch_invalid_gpte out of pagaing_tmp.h Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-21  7:00 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] KVM: MMU: introduce page_fault_start/page_fault_end Xiao Guangrong

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