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From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: MMU: retry #PF for softmmu
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:12:46 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CE1079E.6040209@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CE1046F.8060100@redhat.com>

On 11/15/2010 05:59 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 11/15/2010 11:55 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> >>  >   Or another thread may have mmap()ed something else over the
>> >>  >   same address.
>> >>
>> >>  The mmap virtual address is also visible for other threads since the
>> >>  threads
>> >>  have the same page table, so i think this case is the same as above?
>> >
>> >  Again, don't we install the wrong spte in this case?
>> >
>>
>> I think it doesn't corrupts spte since we will walk guest page table
>> again
>> and map it to shadow pages when we retry #PF.
> 
> Well, you're right, we don't use any gfn/pfn info from the async page
> fault.
> 
> However, we're still not modelling the cpu accurately.  For example we
> will set dirty and accessed bits, or inject a page fault if the gpte
> turns out to be not present.
> 

Yes, i missed this, will cook it. Thanks.

      reply	other threads:[~2010-11-15 10:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-12  6:46 [PATCH v2 1/5] KVM: MMU: fix missing post sync audit Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12  6:47 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] KVM: MMU: clear apfs if page state is changed Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12  6:49 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] KVM: MMU: support apf for nonpaing guest Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12  6:49 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] KVM: MMU: fix apf prefault if nested guest is enabled Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12  6:50 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: MMU: retry #PF for softmmu Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-14 10:46   ` Avi Kivity
2010-11-15  5:25     ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-15  9:30       ` Avi Kivity
2010-11-15  9:55         ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-15  9:56           ` Gleb Natapov
2010-11-15  9:59           ` Avi Kivity
2010-11-15 10:12             ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]

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