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Sean Christopherson 531281ad98 KVM: x86/mmu: Clean up the gorilla math in mmu_topup_memory_caches() 
Clean up the minimums in mmu_topup_memory_caches() to document the
driving mechanisms behind the minimums.  Now that encountering an empty
cache is unlikely to trigger BUG_ON(), it is less dangerous to be more
precise when defining the minimums.

For rmaps, the logic is 1 parent PTE per level, plus a single rmap, and
prefetched rmaps.  The extra objects in the current '8 + PREFETCH'
minimum came about due to an abundance of paranoia in commit
c41ef344de ("KVM: MMU: increase per-vcpu rmap cache alloc size"),
i.e. it could have increased the minimum to 2 rmaps.  Furthermore, the
unexpected extra rmap case was killed off entirely by commits
f759e2b4c7 ("KVM: MMU: avoid pte_list_desc running out in
kvm_mmu_pte_write") and f5a1e9f895 ("KVM: MMU: remove call to
kvm_mmu_pte_write from walk_addr").

For the so called page cache, replace '8' with 2*PT64_ROOT_MAX_LEVEL.
The 2x multiplier is needed because the cache is used for both shadow
pages and gfn arrays for indirect MMUs.

And finally, for page headers, replace '4' with PT64_ROOT_MAX_LEVEL.

Note, KVM now supports 5-level paging, i.e. the old minimums that used a
baseline derived from 4-level paging were technically wrong.  But, KVM
always allocates roots in a separate flow, e.g. it's impossible in the
current implementation to actually need 5 new shadow pages in a single
flow.  Use PT64_ROOT_MAX_LEVEL unmodified instead of subtracting 1, as
the direct usage is likely more intuitive to uninformed readers, and the
inflated minimum is unlikely to affect functionality in practice.

Reviewed-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Message-Id: <20200703023545.8771-9-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2020-07-09 13:29:39 -04:00
arch KVM: x86/mmu: Clean up the gorilla math in mmu_topup_memory_caches() 2020-07-09 13:29:39 -04:00
block Kbuild updates for v5.8 (2nd) 2020-06-13 13:29:16 -07:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
crypto Merge branch 'rwonce/rework' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/linux 2020-06-10 14:46:54 -07:00
Documentation KVM: X86: Reset vcpu->arch.cpuid_nent to 0 if SET_CPUID* fails 2020-07-08 16:22:00 -04:00
drivers KVM: arm64: vgic-v4: Plug race between non-residency and v4.1 doorbell 2020-06-23 11:24:39 +01:00
fs for-5.8-part2-tag 2020-06-14 09:47:25 -07:00
include KVM: x86: take as_id into account when checking PGD 2020-07-09 07:08:37 -04:00
init Kbuild updates for v5.8 (2nd) 2020-06-13 13:29:16 -07:00
ipc mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
kernel x86/kvm: Add "nopvspin" parameter to disable PV spinlocks 2020-07-08 16:21:57 -04:00
lib Kbuild updates for v5.8 (2nd) 2020-06-13 13:29:16 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm Kbuild updates for v5.8 (2nd) 2020-06-13 13:29:16 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-06-13 16:27:13 -07:00
samples binderfs: add gitignore for generated sample program 2020-06-13 13:41:24 -07:00
scripts Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-06-13 16:27:13 -07:00
security Add additional LSM hooks for SafeSetID 2020-06-14 11:39:31 -07:00
sound Kbuild updates for v5.8 (2nd) 2020-06-13 13:29:16 -07:00
tools Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-06-13 16:27:13 -07:00
usr bpfilter: match bit size of bpfilter_umh to that of the kernel 2020-05-17 18:52:01 +09:00
virt KVM: x86: take as_id into account when checking PGD 2020-07-09 07:08:37 -04:00
.clang-format block: add bio_for_each_bvec_all() 2020-05-25 11:25:24 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore modpost: generate vmlinux.symvers and reuse it for the second modpost 2020-06-06 23:38:12 +09:00
.mailmap A fair amount of stuff this time around, dominated by yet another massive 2020-06-01 15:45:27 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS mailmap: change email for Ricardo Ribalda 2020-05-25 18:59:59 -06:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'i2c/for-5.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux 2020-06-13 13:12:38 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.8-rc1 2020-06-14 12:45:04 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.