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From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] KVM: MMU: cleanup update_pte, pte_prefetch and sync_page functions
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:58:20 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CE336BC.4070905@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101116205223.GB24156@amt.cnet>

On 11/17/2010 04:52 AM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

>> +	else
>> +		mmu_set_spte(vcpu, spte, sp->role.access, pte_access, 0, 0,
>> +			     dirty, NULL, PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL, gfn,
>> +			     pfn, true, host_writeable);
> 
> For example, the update path should always go through mmu_set_spte to
> update last_pte_updated, last_pte_gfn.
> 

Actually, the set_spte() just works for sync path ;-)

> Also the callbacks make it harder to read the code. Maybe the
> unification works if you use common functions for common parts.
> 

Um. your advice is reasonable, i'll improve it. Thanks.


  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-17  1:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-12 10:30 [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: don't drop spte if overwrite it from W to RO Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12 10:33 ` [PATCH 2/4] KVM: MMU: rename 'reset_host_protection' to 'host_writeable' Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12 10:37   ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12 10:34 ` [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: notrap it if gpte's reserved is set Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-14 10:56   ` Avi Kivity
2010-11-15  5:41     ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-15  9:17       ` Avi Kivity
2010-11-17  1:45         ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-12 10:35 ` [PATCH 4/4] KVM: MMU: cleanup update_pte, pte_prefetch and sync_page functions Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-16 20:52   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-11-17  1:58     ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2010-11-14 10:52 ` [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: don't drop spte if overwrite it from W to RO Avi Kivity
2010-11-15  5:34   ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-11-16 20:24 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-11-17  1:42   ` Xiao Guangrong

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