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The kvm_pgtable_stage2_find_range() function is used in the host memory abort path to try and look for the largest block mapping that can be used to map the faulting address. In order to do so, the function currently walks the stage-2 page-table and looks for existing incompatible mappings within the range of the largest possible block. If incompatible mappings are found, it tries the same procedure again, but using a smaller block range, and repeats until a matching range is found (potentially up to page granularity). While this approach has benefits (mostly in the fact that it proactively coalesces host stage-2 mappings), it can be slow if the ranges are fragmented, and it isn't optimized to deal with CPUs faulting on the same IPA as all of them will do all the work every time. To avoid these issues, remove kvm_pgtable_stage2_find_range(), and walk the page-table only once in the host_mem_abort() path to find the closest leaf to the input address. With this, use the corresponding range if it is invalid and not owned by another entity. If a valid leaf is found, return -EAGAIN similar to what is done in the kvm_pgtable_stage2_map() path to optimize concurrent faults. Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com> Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210809152448.1810400-7-qperret@google.com
Linux kernel
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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.