Avi Kivity wrote:
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> On 04/23/2010 02:27 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> On 04/22/2010 09:12 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>>> Using '!sp->role.cr4_pae' replaces 'PTTYPE == 32' and using
>>> 'pte_size = sp->role.cr4_pae ? 8 : 4' replaces sizeof(pt_element_t)
>>>
>>> Then no need compile twice for this code
>>>
>> I think we should keep it in - kvm_mmu_pte_write() calls back to
>> FNAME(update_pte), we could make the call directly from here speed
>> things up, since we already have the spte and don't need to look it up.
>>
> 
> I see you do this in patches 9, 10 - but is it possible to use
> update_pte directly?  I think we'll need to make
> guess_page_from_pte_write() part of paging_tmpl.h (in general anything
> that depends on pte size is better off in paging_tmpl.h).
> 

OK, i'll keep invlpg code in paging_tmpl.h and directly call FNAME(update_pte).

But, i don't see mmu_guess_page_from_pte_write() code depends on pte size. :-(

Xiao
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