Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: don't drop spte if overwrite it from Wto RO

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Sun Nov 14 2010 - 05:52:31 EST


On 11/12/2010 12:30 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
We just need flush tlb if overwrite a writable spte with a read-only one


What are the advantages? Avoid playing with rmap, and avoid a window where the spte is missing?

(they are worth the patch, just seeing if I'm not missing something)

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