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Re: [PATCH RFC v3 7/9] KVM: add kvm_free_vcpus and kvm_arch_free_vcpus

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  Re: [PATCH RFC v3 7/9] KVM: add kvm_free_vcpus and  kvm_arch_free_vcpus Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> - 2017-08-29 15:10 +0200

#1722458 — Re: [PATCH RFC v3 7/9] KVM: add kvm_free_vcpus and kvm_arch_free_vcpus

On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:18:59 +0200
David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:

> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > index 33a15e176927..0d2d8b0c785c 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > @@ -750,6 +750,23 @@ static void kvm_destroy_devices(struct kvm *kvm)
> >  	}
> >  }
> >  
> > +void kvm_free_vcpus(struct kvm *kvm)
> > +{
> > +	int i;
> > +
> > +	kvm_arch_free_vcpus(kvm);  
> 
> I wonder if it would be possible to get rid of kvm_arch_free_vcpus(kvm)
> completely and simply call
> 
> kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
> 	kvm_arch_vcpu_free(vcpu);
> 
> at that point.
> 
> Would certainly require some refactoring, and I am not sure if we could
> modify the special mmu handling for x86 ("Unpin any mmu pages first.").
> But if in doubt, that part could be moved to kvm_arch_destroy_vm(), just
> before calling kvm_free_vcpus().

Nod, that crossed my mind as well. Would avoid adding lots of
kvm_arch_free_vcpus() that do the same thing for many archs.

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