From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.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 v2 5/5] KVM: MMU: introduce FNAME(prefetch_gpte)
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:26:15 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50583027.3070502@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120915153106.GC3037@amt.cnet>
On 09/15/2012 11:31 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 06:13:11PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> On 09/14/2012 05:59 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>>
>>> + return FNAME(prefetch_gpte)(vcpu, sp, spte, gptep[i], true);
>>
>> Sorry, this was wrong. Update this patch.
>>
>> [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: MMU: introduce FNAME(prefetch_gpte)
>>
>> The only different thing between FNAME(update_pte) and FNAME(pte_prefetch)
>> is that the former is allowed to prefetch gfn from dirty logged slot, so
>> introduce a common function to prefetch spte
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> IMHO, for the human reader, the meaning of the two functions is
> different and therefore separation is justified. Moreover they already
Actually, these two functions do the same things, both of them prefetch
spte based on gpte. The only different is, in the case of update_pte, we
have high opportunity that the spte can be accessed soon (that why it is
allowed to prefetch dirty logged gfn).
> share common code via FNAME(prefetch_invalid_gpte) (which BTW, is a
> confusing name because the function does not prefetch gpte, it validates
> gpte).
I think it is not too bad for it not just validates gpte, it also can drop
spte if the gpte is invalid, it is also the behaviour that modify spte based
on gpte. ;)
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-18 8:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-14 9:56 [PATCH v2 0/5] KVM: MMU: fix release pfn in mmu code Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-14 9:57 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] KVM: MMU: release noslot pfn on the fail path properly Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-15 15:13 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-09-18 7:46 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-14 9:57 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] KVM: MMU: do not release pfn in mmu_set_spte Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-14 9:58 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] KVM: MMU: cleanup FNAME(page_fault) Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-20 10:54 ` Avi Kivity
2012-09-14 9:59 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] KVM: MMU: introduce page_fault_start and page_fault_end Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-15 15:25 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-09-18 8:15 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-18 23:43 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-09-20 2:59 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-20 10:57 ` Avi Kivity
2012-09-14 9:59 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: MMU: introduce FNAME(prefetch_gpte) Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-14 10:13 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-09-15 15:31 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-09-18 8:26 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
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