From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
Avi Kivity <avi.kivity@gmail.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/12] KVM: MMU: unify the code of walking pte list
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:01:55 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51073BA3.2030901@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130127132840.GB21650@redhat.com>
On 01/27/2013 09:28 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
>>
>> @@ -1256,19 +1243,18 @@ static int kvm_set_pte_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long *rmapp,
>>
>> if (pte_write(*ptep)) {
>> drop_spte(kvm, sptep);
>> - sptep = rmap_get_first(*rmapp, &iter);
>> - } else {
>> - new_spte = *sptep & ~PT64_BASE_ADDR_MASK;
>> - new_spte |= (u64)new_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
>> + goto restart;
> I do not like this "goto restart" pattern throughout this patch. Follow up
> patch gets rid of most of them, so they are tolerable as a temporary solution
> here, but this one stays. What about moving pte_write(*ptep) outside
> for_each_spte_in_rmap() loop like that:
>
> if (pte_write(*ptep))
> need_flush = kvm_unmap_rmapp();
> else
> for_each_spte_in_rmap() {
> }
Nice. Will do.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-29 3:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-23 10:04 [PATCH v2 01/12] KVM: MMU: lazily drop large spte Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-23 10:04 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] KVM: MMU: cleanup mapping-level Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-23 10:05 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] KVM: MMU: simplify mmu_set_spte Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-29 0:21 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2013-01-29 2:55 ` Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-29 21:53 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2013-01-30 3:22 ` Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-23 10:06 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] KVM: MMU: simplify set_spte Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-23 10:06 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] KVM: MMU: introduce vcpu_adjust_access Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-24 10:36 ` Gleb Natapov
2013-01-24 11:33 ` Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-23 10:07 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] KVM: MMU: introduce a static table to map guest access to spte access Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-25 0:15 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2013-01-25 2:46 ` Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-29 0:07 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2013-01-29 1:07 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2013-01-29 13:16 ` Gleb Natapov
2013-01-30 3:53 ` Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-23 10:07 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] KVM: MMU: remove pt_access in mmu_set_spte Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-23 10:08 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] KVM: MMU: cleanup __direct_map Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-23 10:09 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] KVM: MMU: introduce mmu_spte_establish Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-23 10:09 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] KVM: MMU: unify the code of walking pte list Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-27 13:28 ` Gleb Natapov
2013-01-29 3:01 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2013-01-23 10:10 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] KVM: MMU: fix spte assertion Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-23 10:10 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] KVM: MMU: fast drop all spte on the pte_list Xiao Guangrong
2013-01-27 12:06 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] KVM: MMU: lazily drop large spte Gleb Natapov
2013-01-29 2:57 ` Xiao Guangrong
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