KVM: MMU: Explicitly set D-bit for writable spte.

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This patch avoids unnecessary dirty GPA logging to PML buffer in EPT violation
path by setting D-bit manually prior to the occurrence of the write from guest.

We only set D-bit manually in set_spte, and leave fast_page_fault path
unchanged, as fast_page_fault is very unlikely to happen in case of PML.

For the hva <-> pa change case, the spte is updated to either read-only (host
pte is read-only) or be dropped (host pte is writeable), and both cases will be
handled by above changes, therefore no change is necessary.

Signed-off-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

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Kai Huang 2015-01-28 10:54:25 +08:00 • committed by Paolo Bonzini

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