From: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: gleb@kernel.org, mtosatti@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: reduce the size of mmu_page_path
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:48:53 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56F541C5.6090904@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56F54103.6020508@redhat.com>
On 03/25/2016 09:45 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>
> On 25/03/2016 14:19, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> Currently only PT64_ROOT_LEVEL - 1 levels are used, one additional entry
>> in .parent[] is used as a sentinel, the additional entry in .idx[] is
>> purely wasted
>>
>> This patch reduces its size and sets the sentinel on the upper level of
>> the place where we start from
>
> This patch and the previous one are basically redoing commit
> 0a47cd85833e ("KVM: MMU: Fix ubsan warnings", 2016-03-04). While you
> find your version easier to understand, I of course find mine easier.
>
> Rather than getting stuck in a ko fight, the solution is to stick with
> the code in KVM and add comments. I'll give it a try...
If you do not like this one, we can just make the .index is
[PT64_ROOT_LEVEL - 1] and keep the sentinel in .parents[], that little
change and nice code shape.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-25 13:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-25 13:19 [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Xiao Guangrong
2016-03-25 13:19 ` [PATCH 2/4] KVM: MMU: simplify the logic of __mmu_unsync_walk() Xiao Guangrong
2016-03-25 13:19 ` [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: reduce the size of mmu_page_path Xiao Guangrong
2016-03-25 13:45 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-25 13:48 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2016-03-25 13:56 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-25 14:07 ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-03-25 14:22 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-25 13:19 ` [PATCH 4/4] KVM: MMU: skip obsolete sp in for_each_gfn_*() Xiao Guangrong
2016-03-29 9:44 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-25 13:35 ` [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-25 13:41 ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-03-25 13:50 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-25 14:21 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-29 17:43 ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-03-29 20:09 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-30 1:56 ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-03-30 6:36 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-30 6:39 ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-04-06 3:27 ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-04-06 8:17 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-04-06 8:56 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-04-06 15:09 ` Xiao Guangrong
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