On 01/16/2012 06:18 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:

> On 01/16/2012 11:31 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> In current code, we use KVM_TRACE_MMIO_READ to trace mmio read event which
>> only can be completed immediately, instead of it, we trace the time when
>> read event occur, then cooperate with then later patch, we can know the time
>> of mmio read emulation
>>
>> @@ -3744,6 +3740,8 @@ mmio:
>>      /*
>>       * Is this MMIO handled locally?
>>       */
>> +    trace_kvm_mmio(write ? KVM_TRACE_MMIO_WRITE : KVM_TRACE_MMIO_READ,
> 
> It's better to push the conditional to the trace event itself, so it's
> only evaluated if tracing is enabled.
> 


Yes.

>> +                    bytes, gpa, *(u64 *)val);
> 
> We get the wrong value for reads here, no?
> 


Yes, the value is meaningless in this point.

> Can't we leave the code as is, and infer the start of the event from the
> last kvm_exit trace?


Yes, we can do it, but the same problems is we need trace vcpu id to get its
vmexit, i will do it in the next version if you like this way :)

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