Re: [PATCH 3/6] KVM MMU: optimize/cleanup for marking parent unsync

From: Xiao Guangrong
Date: Mon Apr 12 2010 - 21:55:49 EST




Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

> Xiao,
>
> Did you actually see this codepath as being performance sensitive?

Actually, i not run benchmarks to contrast the performance before this patch
and after this patch.

>
> I'd prefer to not touch it.

This patch avoids walk all parents and i think this overload is really unnecessary.
It has other tricks in this codepath but i not noticed? :-)

Thanks,
Xiao
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