[PATCH v7 02/12] KVM: arm64: Use kvm_arch_flush_remote_tlbs()

Sean Christopherson seanjc at google.com
Mon Jul 31 14:50:07 PDT 2023


On Thu, Jul 27, 2023, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 03:22:41 +0100,
> Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta at google.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Stop depending on CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_TLB_FLUSH_ALL and opt to
> > standardize on kvm_arch_flush_remote_tlbs() since it avoids
> > duplicating the generic TLB stats across architectures that implement
> > their own remote TLB flush.
> > 
> > This adds an extra function call to the ARM64 kvm_flush_remote_tlbs()
> > path, but that is a small cost in comparison to flushing remote TLBs.
> 
> Well, there is no such thing as a "remote TLB" anyway. We either have
> a non-shareable or inner-shareable invalidation. The notion of remote
> would imply that we track who potentially has a TLB, which we
> obviously don't.

Maybe kvm_arch_flush_vm_tlbs()?  The "remote" part is misleading even on x86 when
running on Hyper-V, as the flush may be done via a single hypercall and by kicking
"remote" vCPUs.



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