[PATCH v4 09/18] KVM: MMU: split kvm_mmu_free_page

From: Xiao Guangrong
Date: Mon Jul 11 2011 - 15:25:23 EST


Split kvm_mmu_free_page to kvm_mmu_isolate_page and
kvm_mmu_free_page

One is used to remove the page from cache under mmu lock and the other is
used to free page table out of mmu lock

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 91d3069..2f8543c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1039,14 +1039,28 @@ static inline void kvm_mod_used_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm, int nr)
percpu_counter_add(&kvm_total_used_mmu_pages, nr);
}

-static void kvm_mmu_free_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+/*
+ * Remove the sp from shadow page cache, after call it,
+ * we can not find this sp from the cache, and the shadow
+ * page table is still valid.
+ * It should be under the protection of mmu lock.
+ */
+static void kvm_mmu_isolate_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
{
ASSERT(is_empty_shadow_page(sp->spt));
hlist_del(&sp->hash_link);
- list_del(&sp->link);
- free_page((unsigned long)sp->spt);
if (!sp->role.direct)
free_page((unsigned long)sp->gfns);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Free the shadow page table and the sp, we can do it
+ * out of the protection of mmu lock.
+ */
+static void kvm_mmu_free_page(struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
+{
+ list_del(&sp->link);
+ free_page((unsigned long)sp->spt);
kmem_cache_free(mmu_page_header_cache, sp);
}

@@ -1678,6 +1692,7 @@ static void kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page(struct kvm *kvm,
do {
sp = list_first_entry(invalid_list, struct kvm_mmu_page, link);
WARN_ON(!sp->role.invalid || sp->root_count);
+ kvm_mmu_isolate_page(sp);
kvm_mmu_free_page(sp);
} while (!list_empty(invalid_list));

--
1.7.5.4

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