[PATCH 03/19] KVM: move slots_lock acquision down to vapic_exit

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Tue Jul 15 2008 - 08:13:28 EST


From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>

There is no need to grab slots_lock if the vapic_page will not
be touched.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0fbc032..ef53d88 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2787,8 +2787,10 @@ static void vapic_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (!apic || !apic->vapic_addr)
return;

+ down_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);
kvm_release_page_dirty(apic->vapic_page);
mark_page_dirty(vcpu->kvm, apic->vapic_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+ up_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);
}

static int __vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
@@ -2944,9 +2946,7 @@ out:

post_kvm_run_save(vcpu, kvm_run);

- down_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);
vapic_exit(vcpu);
- up_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);

return r;
}
--
1.5.6.1

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