From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] KVM MMU: reduce kvm_mmu_page size
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:11:44 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BC2FFF0.20303@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BC2DB95.70704@redhat.com>
Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 04/12/2010 11:05 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> 'multimapped' and 'unsync' in 'struct kvm_mmu_page' are just indication
>> field, we can use flag bits instand of them
>>
>> @@ -202,9 +202,10 @@ struct kvm_mmu_page {
>> * in this shadow page.
>> */
>> DECLARE_BITMAP(slot_bitmap, KVM_MEMORY_SLOTS +
>> KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS);
>> - int multimapped; /* More than one parent_pte? */
>> int root_count; /* Currently serving as active root */
>> - bool unsync;
>> + #define MMU_PAGE_MULTIMAPPED 0x1 /* More than one
>> parent_pte? */
>> + #define MMU_PAGE_UNSYNC 0x2
>> + unsigned int flags;
>> unsigned int unsync_children;
>> union {
>>
>
> Please just use bool for multimapped. If we grow more than 4 flags, we
> can use 'bool flag : 1;' to reduce space while retaining readability.
>
Yeah, good idea, i'll fix it in the next version
Thanks,
Xiao
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-12 11:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-12 7:59 [PATCH 1/6] KVM MMU: remove unused struct Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 8:01 ` [PATCH 2/6] KVM MMU: fix kvm_mmu_zap_page() and its calling path Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 8:24 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-12 8:53 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 9:08 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-12 9:22 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 10:25 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-12 12:22 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 12:49 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-12 17:10 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-04-13 1:34 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-13 14:59 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-04-14 2:14 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-14 16:31 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-04-12 8:02 ` [PATCH 3/6] KVM MMU: optimize/cleanup for marking parent unsync Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 8:32 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-12 8:55 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 17:12 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-04-13 1:53 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-13 11:58 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-13 15:01 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-04-14 3:23 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-14 3:58 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-14 16:35 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-04-12 8:03 ` [PATCH 4/6] KVM MMU: optimize for writing cr4 Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 8:34 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-12 10:42 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 11:22 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-13 3:07 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-13 6:42 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-12 8:05 ` [PATCH 5/6] KVM MMU: reduce kvm_mmu_page size Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 8:36 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-12 11:11 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2010-04-12 8:06 ` [PATCH 6/6] KVM MMU: optimize synchronization shadow pages Xiao Guangrong
2010-04-12 8:43 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-12 11:14 ` Xiao Guangrong
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