linux-kernel-test/arch/x86
Avi Kivity 08e850c653 KVM: MMU: Reinstate pte prefetch on invlpg
Commit fb341f57 removed the pte prefetch on guest invlpg, citing guest races.
However, the SDM is adamant that prefetch is allowed:

  "The processor may create entries in paging-structure caches for
   translations required for prefetches and for accesses that are a
   result of speculative execution that would never actually occur
   in the executed code path."

And, in fact, there was a race in the prefetch code: we picked up the pte
without the mmu lock held, so an older invlpg could install the pte over
a newer invlpg.

Reinstate the prefetch logic, but this time note whether another invlpg has
executed using a counter.  If a race occured, do not install the pte.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-05-17 12:15:43 +03:00
..
boot Merge branch 'x86-setup-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-02-28 10:43:53 -08:00
configs
crypto include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
ia32 x86: correctly wire up the newuname system call 2010-04-20 09:17:21 -07:00
include/asm KVM: MMU: Reinstate pte prefetch on invlpg 2010-05-17 12:15:43 +03:00
kernel Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-04-20 09:20:23 -07:00
kvm KVM: MMU: Reinstate pte prefetch on invlpg 2010-05-17 12:15:43 +03:00
lguest lguest: stop using KVM hypercall mechanism 2010-04-14 21:43:56 +09:30
lib Merge branch 'x86-rwsem-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-02-28 10:41:35 -08:00
math-emu
mm Merge branch 'master' into export-slabh 2010-04-05 11:37:28 +09:00
oprofile perf, x86: rename macro in ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE 2010-03-01 14:21:23 +01:00
pci include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
power Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip 2010-04-07 11:02:23 -07:00
tools x86: Remove trailing spaces in messages 2010-02-07 17:47:51 +01:00
vdso include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
video
xen include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
Kbuild
Kconfig x86: Increase CONFIG_NODES_SHIFT max to 10 2010-04-02 19:09:31 +02:00
Kconfig.cpu Merge branch 'x86-rwsem-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-02-28 10:41:35 -08:00
Kconfig.debug Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-12-11 20:47:30 -08:00
Makefile x86-64: Allow fbdev primary video code 2010-02-16 21:22:26 -08:00
Makefile_32.cpu Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-12-08 13:38:11 -08:00