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From: Barret Rhoden <brho-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: David Hildenbrand <david-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	yu.c.zhang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	kvm-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	"Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-nvdimm-hn68Rpc1hR1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	"Borislav Petkov" <bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>,
	"Ross Zwisler" <zwisler-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	"Paolo Bonzini"
	<pbonzini-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>,
	yi.z.zhang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kvm: Use huge pages for DAX-backed files
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:50:51 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181113105051.2ffaf468@gnomeregan.cam.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <043a592d-6592-3053-15a0-68cc54a26deb-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

On 2018-11-13 at 10:36 David Hildenbrand <david-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Note that KVM already faulted in the page (or huge page) in the host's
> > page table, and we hold the KVM mmu spinlock (grabbed before checking
> > the mmu seq).  
> 
> I wonder if the KVM mmu spinlock is enough for walking (not KVM
> exclusive) host page tables. Can you elaborate?

I'll update the commit message with the info from Paolo's email (about
kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end()).

Thanks,

Barret

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-11-13 15:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-09 20:39 [PATCH 0/2] kvm: Use huge pages for DAX-backed files Barret Rhoden
2018-11-09 20:39 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm: make dev_pagemap_mapping_shift() externally visible Barret Rhoden
     [not found]   ` <20181109203921.178363-2-brho-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-13  9:28     ` David Hildenbrand
2018-11-09 20:39 ` [PATCH 2/2] kvm: Use huge pages for DAX-backed files Barret Rhoden
2018-11-12 19:31   ` Paolo Bonzini
     [not found]     ` <861c4adb-e2f0-2caf-8f6e-9f09ecb0b624-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-13 16:21       ` Barret Rhoden
2018-11-13 18:22         ` Paolo Bonzini
     [not found]   ` <20181109203921.178363-3-brho-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-13  9:36     ` David Hildenbrand
     [not found]       ` <043a592d-6592-3053-15a0-68cc54a26deb-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-13 10:02         ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-11-13 12:41           ` Paolo Bonzini
     [not found]           ` <286665658.33247363.1542103353780.JavaMail.zimbra-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-13 15:56             ` Barret Rhoden
2018-11-14  9:09               ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-11-13 15:50         ` Barret Rhoden [this message]
     [not found] ` <20181109203921.178363-1-brho-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-14 21:51   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Barret Rhoden
     [not found]     ` <20181114215155.259978-1-brho-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-14 21:51       ` [PATCH v2 1/3] mm: make dev_pagemap_mapping_shift() externally visible Barret Rhoden
2018-11-26 16:50         ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-11-26 18:32         ` Dan Williams
2018-11-14 21:51       ` [PATCH v2 2/3] kvm: Use huge pages for DAX-backed files Barret Rhoden
2018-11-14 21:51       ` [PATCH v2 3/3] kvm: remove redundant PageReserved() check Barret Rhoden
2018-11-27 13:31         ` David Hildenbrand
2018-11-15  0:55     ` [PATCH v2 0/3] kvm: Use huge pages for DAX-backed files Dan Williams
2018-12-03 17:40       ` Barret Rhoden
     [not found]         ` <20181203124051.05c1d2ce-5rj//V2oKXqT+5UN0cW69VLMcqb5oVE02SarAXORi/o@public.gmane.org>
2018-12-03 18:32           ` Alexander Duyck

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