Re: [PATCH 3/4 changelog-v2] KVM: Switch to srcu-lessget_dirty_log()

From: Takuya Yoshikawa
Date: Wed Mar 07 2012 - 03:12:03 EST


Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > We cannot drop the lock.
> > Do you mean doing TLB flush each time before dropping the lock?
>
> Yes, only if there is contention (see cond_resched_lock).

But how can we conditionally call kvm_flush_remote_tlbs() from
inside __cond_resched_lock right before spin_unlock()?

We need another API.

Takuya
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