On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 09:23:15AM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> 
> 
> Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
> >> -
> >> -  first_pte_gpa = gfn_to_gpa(sp->gfn) +
> >> -                          (offset + i) * sizeof(pt_element_t);
> >> -
> >> -  if (kvm_read_guest_atomic(vcpu->kvm, first_pte_gpa, gptep,
> >> -                                  sizeof(gptep)) < 0)
> >> -          return;
> >> +  gptep = gw->prefetch_ptes;
> > 
> > Where do you reread the gpte in the prefetch path?
> > 
> 
> Marcelo,
> 
> Thanks for your review.
> 
> Below codes read gptes in the prefetch path:
> 
>       index = sptep - sp->spt;
>       i = index & ~(PTE_PREFETCH_NUM - 1);
>       max = index | (PTE_PREFETCH_NUM - 1);
> 
>       if (PTTYPE == 32)
>               offset = sp->role.quadrant << PT64_LEVEL_BITS;
> 
>       first_pte_gpa = gfn_to_gpa(sp->gfn) +
>                               (offset + i) * sizeof(pt_element_t);
> 
>       if (kvm_read_guest_atomic(vcpu->kvm, first_pte_gpa, gptep,
>                                       sizeof(gptep)) < 0)
>               return;
> 
> It reads the 16 aligned items around sptep's corresponding gpte and this gpte
> is also in this area. :-)

But you removed that in patch 8?
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