Re: [PATCH 8/9] KVM: do not release the error pfn

From: Marcelo Tosatti
Date: Thu Aug 02 2012 - 09:18:14 EST


On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 04:18:58PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> After commit a2766325cf9f9, the error pfn is replaced by the
> error code, it need not be released anymore
>
> [ The patch is compiling tested for powerpc ]
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_tlb.c | 1 -
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 6 +++---
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu_audit.c | 4 +---
> arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h | 8 ++------
> virt/kvm/iommu.c | 1 -
> virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 14 ++++++++------
> 6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_tlb.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_tlb.c
> index c8f6c58..09ce5ac 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_tlb.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_tlb.c
> @@ -524,7 +524,6 @@ static inline void kvmppc_e500_shadow_map(struct kvmppc_vcpu_e500 *vcpu_e500,
> if (is_error_pfn(pfn)) {
> printk(KERN_ERR "Couldn't get real page for gfn %lx!\n",
> (long)gfn);
> - kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
> return;
> }
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> index 320a781..949a5b8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -2498,7 +2498,9 @@ static void mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep,
> rmap_recycle(vcpu, sptep, gfn);
> }
> }
> - kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
> +
> + if (!is_error_pfn(pfn))
> + kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
> }

Can it ever be error_pfn? Seems a problem if so.


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