linux/virt
Takuya Yoshikawa b3ae209697 KVM: Introduce kvm_unmap_hva_range() for kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start()
When we tested KVM under memory pressure, with THP enabled on the host,
we noticed that MMU notifier took a long time to invalidate huge pages.

Since the invalidation was done with mmu_lock held, it not only wasted
the CPU but also made the host harder to respond.

This patch mitigates this by using kvm_handle_hva_range().

Signed-off-by: Takuya Yoshikawa <yoshikawa.takuya@oss.ntt.co.jp>
Cc: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2012-07-18 16:55:04 -03:00
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kvm KVM: Introduce kvm_unmap_hva_range() for kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start() 2012-07-18 16:55:04 -03:00