Re: [PATCH V4 7/15] KVM/MMU: Flush tlb directly in the kvm_zap_gfn_range()

From: Tianyu Lan
Date: Mon Oct 15 2018 - 09:08:49 EST


Hi Paolo:
Thanks for your review.

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 6:04 PM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 13/10/2018 16:53, lantianyu1986@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > + bool flush = false;
> > int i;
> >
> > spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> > @@ -5654,18 +5655,27 @@ void kvm_zap_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn_start, gfn_t gfn_end)
> > slots = __kvm_memslots(kvm, i);
> > kvm_for_each_memslot(memslot, slots) {
> > gfn_t start, end;
> > + bool flush_tlb = true;
> >
> > start = max(gfn_start, memslot->base_gfn);
> > end = min(gfn_end, memslot->base_gfn + memslot->npages);
> > if (start >= end)
> > continue;
> >
> > - slot_handle_level_range(kvm, memslot, kvm_zap_rmapp,
> > - PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL, PT_MAX_HUGEPAGE_LEVEL,
> > - start, end - 1, true);
> > + if (kvm_available_flush_tlb_with_range())
> > + flush_tlb = false;
>
> This should be moved outside the for, because it's invariant.
>
> > + flush = slot_handle_level_range(kvm, memslot,
> > + kvm_zap_rmapp, PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL,
> > + PT_MAX_HUGEPAGE_LEVEL, start,
> > + end - 1, flush_tlb);
>
> ... and this should be "flush |= ".
> > }
> > }
> >
> > + if (flush && kvm_available_flush_tlb_with_range())
> > + kvm_flush_remote_tlbs_with_address(kvm, gfn_start,
> > + gfn_end - gfn_start + 1);
> > +
>
> ... and this can be just if (flush), because if flush_tlb is true then
> slot_handle_level_range always returns false.

OK. Will update.

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Best regards
Tianyu Lan