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    KVM: x86: avoid unnecessary rmap walks when creating/moving slots · 4b442955
    Anthony Yznaga authored
    On large memory guests it has been observed that creating a memslot
    for a very large range can take noticeable amount of time.
    Investigation showed that the time is spent walking the rmaps to update
    existing sptes to remove write access or set/clear dirty bits to support
    dirty logging.  These rmap walks are unnecessary when creating or moving
    a memslot.  A newly created memslot will not have any existing mappings,
    and the existing mappings of a moved memslot will have been invalidated
    and flushed.  Any mappings established once the new/moved memslot becomes
    visible will be set using the properties of the new slot.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAnthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@oracle.com>
    Message-Id: <1591128450-11977-3-git-send-email-anthony.yznaga@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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