Re: [PATCH v2 9/10] KVM MMU: separate invlpg code form kvm_mmu_pte_write()

From: Xiao Guangrong
Date: Sun Apr 25 2010 - 23:16:51 EST




Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 04/25/2010 10:02 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> Let invlpg not depends on kvm_mmu_pte_write path, later patch will need
>> this feature
>>
>>
>> if (mmu_topup_memory_caches(vcpu))
>> return;
>> - kvm_mmu_pte_write(vcpu, pte_gpa, NULL, sizeof(pt_element_t), 0);
>> +
>> + kvm_read_guest_page(vcpu->kvm, gfn,&gentry, offset,
>> + sizeof(pt_element_t));
>> +
>>
>
> Need error check.
>
>> + mmu_guess_page_from_pte_write(vcpu, gfn_to_gpa(gfn) + offset,
>> gentry);
>>
>
> This needs an undo operation to drop the page if we don't update_pte();
> see the end of kvm_mmu_pte_write(). That needs to go into a helper to
> avoid duplication.
>

Ah, i forgot those, will fix in v3, thanks for you point out.
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