[PATCH v3 20/21] KVM: arm64: Remove unused 'pgd' field from 'struct kvm_s2_mmu'

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Thu Sep 3 12:50:21 EDT 2020


On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 03:07:17PM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
> On 8/25/20 7:39 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> > The stage-2 page-tables are entirely encapsulated by the 'pgt' field of
> > 'struct kvm_s2_mmu', so remove the unused 'pgd' field.
> > 
> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> > Cc: Quentin Perret <qperret at google.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> > ---
> >   arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 -
> >   arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c              | 2 --
> >   2 files changed, 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> I think this might be folded into PATCH[18] as both patches are
> simple enough. I'm not sure the changes introduced in PATCH[19]
> prevent us doing this.
> 
> There is another question below.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan at redhat.com>
> 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > index 0b7c702b2151..41caf29bd93c 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ struct kvm_s2_mmu {
> >   	 * for vEL1/EL0 with vHCR_EL2.VM == 0.  In that case, we use the
> >   	 * canonical stage-2 page tables.
> >   	 */
> > -	pgd_t		*pgd;
> >   	phys_addr_t	pgd_phys;
> >   	struct kvm_pgtable *pgt;
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > index ddeec0b03666..f28e03dcb897 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > @@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ int kvm_init_stage2_mmu(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu)
> >   	mmu->kvm = kvm;
> >   	mmu->pgt = pgt;
> >   	mmu->pgd_phys = __pa(pgt->pgd);
> > -	mmu->pgd = (void *)pgt->pgd;
> >   	mmu->vmid.vmid_gen = 0;
> >   	return 0;
> > @@ -470,7 +469,6 @@ void kvm_free_stage2_pgd(struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu)
> >   	spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> >   	pgt = mmu->pgt;
> >   	if (pgt) {
> > -		mmu->pgd = NULL;
> >   		mmu->pgd_phys = 0;
> >   		mmu->pgt = NULL;
> >   		free_percpu(mmu->last_vcpu_ran);
> > 
> 
> I guess mmu->pgd_phys might be removed either because kvm_get_vttbr()
> is the only consumer.

Hmm, but kvm_get_vttbr() is still used after these patches, so I think
the pgd_phys field needs to stick around.

Will



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