On 07/07/2011 02:08 AM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>> +static void free_pages_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
>> +{
>> + struct kvm_mmu_page *next, *sp;
>> +
>> + sp = container_of(head, struct kvm_mmu_page, rcu);
>> + while (sp) {
>> + if (!list_empty(&sp->link))
>> + next = list_first_entry(&sp->link,
>> + struct kvm_mmu_page, link);
>> + else
>> + next = NULL;
>> + kvm_mmu_free_page(sp);
>> + sp = next;
>> + }
>> +}
>
> There is no need for this while loop.
>
The while loop is needed, since many shadow pages can be freed together in
the rcu context, on commit_zap_page path, we only remove the list head, and
the shadow page is still listed.
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