From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: x86: improve reexecute_instruction
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:40:24 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50CA9FA8.90109@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121213230204.GC11385@amt.cnet>
On 12/14/2012 07:02 AM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>>> Same comment as before: the only case where it should not attempt to
>>> emulate is when there is a condition which makes it impossible to fix
>>> (the information is available to detect that condition).
>>>
>>> The earlier suggestion
>>>
>>> "How about recording the gfn number for shadow pages that have been
>>> shadowed in the current pagefault run?"
>>>
>>> Was about that.
>>
>> I think we can have a try. Is this change good to you, Marcelo?
>>
>> [eric@localhost kvm]$ git diff
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> index 01d7c2a..e3d0001 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> @@ -4359,24 +4359,34 @@ unsigned int kvm_mmu_calculate_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm)
>> return nr_mmu_pages;
>> }
>>
>> -int kvm_mmu_get_spte_hierarchy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 addr, u64 sptes[4])
>> +void kvm_mmu_get_sp_hierarchy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 addr,
>> + struct kvm_mmu_sp_hierarchy *hierarchy)
>> {
>> struct kvm_shadow_walk_iterator iterator;
>> u64 spte;
>> - int nr_sptes = 0;
>> +
>> + hierarchy->max_level = hierarchy->nr_levels = 0;
>>
>> walk_shadow_page_lockless_begin(vcpu);
>> for_each_shadow_entry_lockless(vcpu, addr, iterator, spte) {
>> - sptes[iterator.level-1] = spte;
>> - nr_sptes++;
>> + struct kvm_mmu_page *sp = page_header(__pa(iterator.sptep));
>> +
>> + if (hierarchy->indirect_only && sp->role.direct)
>> + break;
>> +
>> + if (!hierarchy->max_level)
>> + hierarchy->max_level = iterator.level;
>> +
>> + hierarchy->shadow_gfns[iterator.level-1] = sp->gfn;
>> + hierarchy->sptes[iterator.level-1] = spte;
>> + hierarchy->nr_levels++;
>> +
>> if (!is_shadow_present_pte(spte))
>> break;
>> }
>> walk_shadow_page_lockless_end(vcpu);
>> -
>> - return nr_sptes;
>> }
>
> Record gfns while shadowing in the vcpu struct, in a struct, along with cr2.
> Then validate
> That way its guaranteed its not some other vcpu.
Okay, i will try this way. :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-14 3:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-10 9:11 [PATCH v2 0/5] KVM: x86: improve reexecute_instruction Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-10 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] KVM: MMU: move adjusting pte access for softmmu to FNAME(page_fault) Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-11 23:47 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-12-12 18:53 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-10 9:13 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] KVM: MMU: adjust page size early if gfn used as page table Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-12 0:57 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-12-12 19:23 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-13 22:37 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-12-10 9:13 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] KVM: x86: clean up reexecute_instruction Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-10 9:14 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] KVM: x86: let reexecute_instruction work for tdp Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-10 9:14 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: x86: improve reexecute_instruction Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-12 1:09 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-12-12 19:29 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-13 23:02 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-12-14 3:40 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2012-12-11 23:36 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] " Marcelo Tosatti
2012-12-12 20:05 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-13 22:54 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-12-14 4:50 ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-12-15 1:05 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-12-23 11:46 ` Gleb Natapov
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