[PATCH v1 3/3] KVM: arm64: Using rcu_read_lock() for kvm_pgtable_stage2_mkyoung()

From: Chun-Tse Shao
Date: Thu Jun 08 2023 - 18:06:52 EST


Access bit is RCU safe and can be set without taking kvm->mmu_lock().
Replacing existing kvm->mmu_lock() with rcu_read_lock() for better
performance.

Original disussion can be found in:
https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/CAOUHufZrfnfcbrqSzmHkejR5MA2gmGKZ3LMRhbLHV+1427z=Tw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Suggested-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index 3b9d4d24c361..0f7ea66fb894 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1437,10 +1437,10 @@ static void handle_access_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa)

trace_kvm_access_fault(fault_ipa);

- read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
mmu = vcpu->arch.hw_mmu;
pte = kvm_pgtable_stage2_mkyoung(mmu->pgt, fault_ipa);
- read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();

if (kvm_pte_valid(pte))
kvm_set_pfn_accessed(kvm_pte_to_pfn(pte));
--
2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog