From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] KVM: MMU: combine guest pte read between walk and pte prefetch
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:09:19 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C31A13F.9030408@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C31A069.6090806@redhat.com>
Avi Kivity wrote:
>
> I'm not convinced we can bypass the checks. Consider:
>
>
> VCPU0 VCPU1
>
> #PF
> walk_addr
> -> gpml4e0,gpdpe0,gpde0,gpte0
>
> replace gpdpe0 with gpdpe1
> #PF
> walk_addr
> -> gpml4e0,gpdpe1,gpde1,gpte1
> fetch
> -> establish hpml4e0,hpdpte1,hpde0,hpte1
> fetch
> read hpdpe1
> if (present(hpdpe1))
> continue;
> ...
> write hpte0 using shadow hieratchy for hpte1
>
Ah, i missed this case, thanks for you point it out, i'll fix it in
the next version.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-05 9:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-01 13:53 [PATCH v4 1/6] KVM: MMU: introduce gfn_to_pfn_atomic() function Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-01 13:53 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] KVM: MMU: introduce gfn_to_page_many_atomic() function Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-01 13:54 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] KVM: MMU: introduce pte_prefetch_topup_memory_cache() Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-01 13:55 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] KVM: MMU: prefetch ptes when intercepted guest #PF Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-02 16:54 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-07-03 8:08 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-05 12:01 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-07-06 0:50 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-01 13:55 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] KVM: MMU: combine guest pte read between walk and pte prefetch Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-02 17:03 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-07-03 10:31 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-03 12:08 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-03 12:16 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-03 12:26 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-03 12:31 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-03 12:44 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-03 12:49 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-03 13:03 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-04 14:30 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-05 2:52 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-05 8:23 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-05 8:45 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-05 9:05 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-05 9:09 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2010-07-05 9:20 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-05 9:31 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-03 12:57 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-04 14:32 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-03 11:48 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-01 13:56 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] KVM: MMU: trace " Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-02 16:47 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] KVM: MMU: introduce gfn_to_pfn_atomic() function Marcelo Tosatti
2010-07-03 3:13 ` Nick Piggin
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