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Paolo Bonzini
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Right now, PGD caching requires a complicated dance of first computing the MMU role and passing it to __kvm_mmu_new_pgd(), and then separately calling kvm_init_mmu(). Part of this is due to kvm_mmu_free_roots using mmu->root_level and mmu->shadow_root_level to distinguish whether the page table uses a single root or 4 PAE roots. Because kvm_init_mmu() can overwrite mmu->root_level, kvm_mmu_free_roots() must be called before kvm_init_mmu(). However, even after kvm_init_mmu() there is a way to detect whether the page table may hold PAE roots, as root.hpa isn't backed by a shadow when it points at PAE roots. Using this method results in simpler code, and is one less obstacle in moving all calls to __kvm_mmu_new_pgd() after the MMU has been initialized. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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