RE: [PATCH 4/4] Enabling Access bit when doing memory swapping

[Hao, Xudong]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcelo Tosatti [mailto:mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:23 AM
> To: Xudong Hao
> Cc: avi@xxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> Shan, Haitao; Zhang, Xiantao; Hao, Xudong
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Enabling Access bit when doing memory swapping
> 
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 09:12:30AM +0800, Xudong Hao wrote:
> > Enabling Access bit when doing memory swapping.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Haitao Shan <haitao.shan@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Xudong Hao <xudong.hao@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c |   13 +++++++------
> >  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c |    6 ++++--
> >  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> > index ff053ca..5f55f98 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> > @@ -1166,7 +1166,8 @@ static int kvm_age_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm,
> unsigned long *rmapp,
> >     int young = 0;
> >
> >     /*
> > -    * Emulate the accessed bit for EPT, by checking if this page has
> > +    * In case of absence of EPT Access and Dirty Bits supports,
> > +    * emulate the accessed bit for EPT, by checking if this page has
> >      * an EPT mapping, and clearing it if it does. On the next access,
> >      * a new EPT mapping will be established.
> >      * This has some overhead, but not as much as the cost of swapping
> > @@ -1179,11 +1180,11 @@ static int kvm_age_rmapp(struct kvm *kvm,
> unsigned long *rmapp,
> >     while (spte) {
> >         int _young;
> >         u64 _spte = *spte;
> > -       BUG_ON(!(_spte & PT_PRESENT_MASK));
> > -       _young = _spte & PT_ACCESSED_MASK;
> > +       BUG_ON(!is_shadow_present_pte(_spte));
> > +       _young = _spte & shadow_accessed_mask;
> >         if (_young) {
> >             young = 1;
> > -           clear_bit(PT_ACCESSED_SHIFT, (unsigned long *)spte);
> > +           *spte &= ~shadow_accessed_mask;
> >         }
> 
> Now a dirty bit can be lost. Is there a reason to remove the clear_bit?

The clear_bit() is called in shadown and EPT A/D mode, because PT_ACCESSED_SHIFT does not make sense for EPT A/D bit, so use the code shadow_accessed_mask to mask the bit for both of them.
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