[PATCH 4/7] x86/xen: support nested lazy_mmu sections (again)
Alexander Gordeev
agordeev at linux.ibm.com
Sat Sep 6 01:48:23 AEST 2025
On Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 01:57:33PM +0100, Kevin Brodsky wrote:
...
> -static void xen_enter_lazy_mmu(void)
> +static lazy_mmu_state_t xen_enter_lazy_mmu(void)
> {
> + if (this_cpu_read(xen_lazy_mode) == XEN_LAZY_MMU)
> + return LAZY_MMU_NESTED;
> +
> enter_lazy(XEN_LAZY_MMU);
> + return LAZY_MMU_DEFAULT;
> }
>
> static void xen_flush_lazy_mmu(void)
> @@ -2167,11 +2171,12 @@ static void __init xen_post_allocator_init(void)
> pv_ops.mmu.write_cr3 = &xen_write_cr3;
> }
>
> -static void xen_leave_lazy_mmu(void)
> +static void xen_leave_lazy_mmu(lazy_mmu_state_t state)
> {
> preempt_disable();
> xen_mc_flush();
> - leave_lazy(XEN_LAZY_MMU);
> + if (state != LAZY_MMU_NESTED)
> + leave_lazy(XEN_LAZY_MMU);
Based on xen_enter_lazy_mmu(), whether this condition needs to be
executed with the preemption disabled?
Or may be this_cpu_read(xen_lazy_mode) + enter_lazy(XEN_LAZY_MMU)
should be executed with the preemption disabled?
> preempt_enable();
> }
Thanks!
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