On 09/06/2015 06:01, Xiao Guangrong wrote: > > > On 05/28/2015 01:05 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> This is now very simple to do. The only interesting part is a simple >> trick to find the right memslot in gfn_to_rmap, retrieving the address >> space from the spte role word. The same trick is used in the auditing >> code. >> >> The comment on top of union kvm_mmu_page_role has been stale forever, > > Fortunately, we have documented these fields in mmu.txt, please do it for > 'smm' as well. :)
Right, done. >> + /* >> + * This is left at the top of the word so that >> + * kvm_memslots_for_spte_role can extract it with a >> + * simple shift. While there is room, give it a whole >> + * byte so it is also faster to load it from memory. >> + */ >> + unsigned smm:8; > > I suspect if we really need this trick, smm is not the hottest filed in > this struct anyway. Note that after these patches it is used by gfn_to_rmap, and hence for example rmap_add. Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/