[PATCH v13 3/7] KVM: x86: flush TLBs last before returning from KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG
Mario Smarduch
m.smarduch at samsung.com
Thu Nov 6 16:40:44 PST 2014
In the next patches, we will move parts of x86's kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log
implementation to generic code; leave the arch-specific code at the end,
similar to the existing generic function kvm_get_dirty_log.
Reviewed-by: Mario Smarduch <m.smarduch at samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini at redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 8f1e22d..dc8e66b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3606,13 +3606,13 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_reinject(struct kvm *kvm,
*
* 1. Take a snapshot of the bit and clear it if needed.
* 2. Write protect the corresponding page.
- * 3. Flush TLB's if needed.
- * 4. Copy the snapshot to the userspace.
+ * 3. Copy the snapshot to the userspace.
+ * 4. Flush TLB's if needed.
*
- * Between 2 and 3, the guest may write to the page using the remaining TLB
- * entry. This is not a problem because the page will be reported dirty at
- * step 4 using the snapshot taken before and step 3 ensures that successive
- * writes will be logged for the next call.
+ * Between 2 and 4, the guest may write to the page using the remaining TLB
+ * entry. This is not a problem because the page is reported dirty using
+ * the snapshot taken before and step 4 ensures that writes done after
+ * exiting to userspace will be logged for the next call.
*/
int kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_dirty_log *log)
{
@@ -3661,6 +3661,10 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_dirty_log *log)
spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+ r = 0;
+ if (copy_to_user(log->dirty_bitmap, dirty_bitmap_buffer, n))
+ r = -EFAULT;
+
/* See the comments in kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(). */
lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->slots_lock);
@@ -3670,12 +3674,6 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_dirty_log *log)
*/
if (is_dirty)
kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm);
-
- r = -EFAULT;
- if (copy_to_user(log->dirty_bitmap, dirty_bitmap_buffer, n))
- goto out;
-
- r = 0;
out:
mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
return r;
--
1.7.9.5
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