On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 04:10:08PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > >On 13/05/2015 10:43, Wanpeng Li wrote: >> kvm_mmu_reset_context >> kvm_mmu_unload >> mmu_free_roots >> >> The original root shadow page will be freed in mmu_free_roots, where I >> miss? >> >> Another question maybe not related to this patch: >> >> If kvm_mmu_reset_context is just called to destroy the original root >> shadow page and all the sptes will remain valid? > >SPTEs are kept around and cached. The "role" field is used as the hash >key; if the role doesn't change, SPTEs are reused, so you have to zap >the SPTEs explicitly.
Thanks for your explanation. :) Btw, why the patch changelog mentioned that the root shadow page will be reused, I think it will be zapped in mmu_free_roots. Regards, Wanpeng Li > >Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
