> From: David Vrabel [mailto:david.vra...@citrix.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:50 AM > > When using EPT, type changes are done with the following steps: > > 1. Set entry as invalid (misconfigured) by settings a reserved memory > type. > > 2. Flush all EPT and combined translations (ept_sync_domain()). > > 3. Fixup misconfigured entries as required (on EPT_MISCONFIG vmexits or > when explicitly setting an entry. > > Since resolve_misconfig() only updates entries that were misconfigured, > there is no need to invalidate any translations since the hardware > does not cache misconfigured translations (vol 3, section 28.3.2). > > Remove the unnecessary (and very expensive) ept_sync_domain() calls). > > Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vra...@citrix.com> > Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com>
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