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Re: [PATCH 09/12] KVM: MMU: coalesce zapping page after mmu_sync_children

From Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 09/12] KVM: MMU: coalesce zapping page after mmu_sync_children
Date 2016-02-25 08:40 +0100
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On 02/25/2016 10:15 AM, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote:
> On 2016/02/24 22:17, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> Move the call to kvm_mmu_flush_or_zap outside the loop.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>    arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 9 ++++++---
>>    1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> index 725316df32ec..6d47b5c43246 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> @@ -2029,24 +2029,27 @@ static void mmu_sync_children(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>    	struct mmu_page_path parents;
>>    	struct kvm_mmu_pages pages;
>>    	LIST_HEAD(invalid_list);
>> +	bool flush = false;
>>
>>    	while (mmu_unsync_walk(parent, &pages)) {
>>    		bool protected = false;
>> -		bool flush = false;
>>
>>    		for_each_sp(pages, sp, parents, i)
>>    			protected |= rmap_write_protect(vcpu, sp->gfn);
>>
>> -		if (protected)
>> +		if (protected) {
>>    			kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
>> +			flush = false;
>> +		}
>>
>>    		for_each_sp(pages, sp, parents, i) {
>>    			flush |= kvm_sync_page(vcpu, sp, &invalid_list);
>>    			mmu_pages_clear_parents(&parents);
>>    		}
>> -		kvm_mmu_flush_or_zap(vcpu, &invalid_list, false, flush);
>>    		cond_resched_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
>
> This may release the mmu_lock before committing the zapping.
> Is it safe?  If so, we may want to see the reason in the changelog.

It is unsafe indeed, please do not do it.

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[PATCH 09/12] KVM: MMU: coalesce zapping page after mmu_sync_children Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-02-24 14:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 09/12] KVM: MMU: coalesce zapping page after  mmu_sync_children Takuya Yoshikawa <yoshikawa_takuya_b1@lab.ntt.co.jp> - 2016-02-25 03:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 09/12] KVM: MMU: coalesce zapping page after  mmu_sync_children Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-02-25 08:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 09/12] KVM: MMU: coalesce zapping page after  mmu_sync_children Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-02-25 09:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 09/12] KVM: MMU: coalesce zapping page after  mmu_sync_children Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-02-25 10:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 09/12] KVM: MMU: coalesce zapping page after  mmu_sync_children Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-02-25 11:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 09/12] KVM: MMU: coalesce zapping page after  mmu_sync_children Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-02-25 09:50 +0100

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