Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] KVM: sort memslots by its size and use line search

[Avi Kivity]

On 11/18/2011 11:19 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> Sort memslots base on its size and use line search to find it, so the larger
> memslots have better fit
>
> The idea is from Avi
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/kvm_host.h |   22 +++++++++---
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      |   82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> index a0e4d63..83b396a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> @@ -230,8 +230,12 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_table {};
>  #define KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM (KVM_MEMORY_SLOTS + KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS)
>  #endif
>
> +/*
> + * Note:
> + * memslots are not sorted by id anymore, please use id_to_memslot()
> + * to get the memslot by its id.
> + */
>  struct kvm_memslots {
> -	int nmemslots;
>  	u64 generation;
>  	struct kvm_memory_slot memslots[KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM];
>  };
> @@ -307,9 +311,10 @@ static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, int i)
>  	     (vcpup = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, idx)) != NULL; \
>  	     idx++)
>
> -#define kvm_for_each_memslot(slots, memslot, i)	\
> -	for (i = 0; i < (slots)->nmemslots &&	\
> -	      ({ memslot = &(slots)->memslots[i]; 1; }); i++)
> +#define kvm_for_each_memslot(slots, memslot, i)			\
> +	for (i = 0; i < KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM &&			\
> +	      ({ memslot = &(slots)->memslots[i]; 1; }) &&	\
> +	      memslot->npages != 0; i++)

You might allocate an always-empty memslot at the end and simplify the
termination condition.

>
>  int kvm_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm, unsigned id);
>  void kvm_vcpu_uninit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> @@ -335,7 +340,14 @@ static inline struct kvm_memslots *kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm)
>  static inline struct kvm_memory_slot *
>  id_to_memslot(struct kvm_memslots *slots, int id)
>  {
> -	return &slots->memslots[id];
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM; i++)
> +		if (slots->memslots[i].id == id)
> +			return &slots->memslots[i];
> +

Is that in any hot path?  we could make an array for doing this translation.

Alex wants to increase the memslot count, so this could be a long loop.


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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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