KVM: MMU: Reinstate pte prefetch on invlpg
Commit fb341f57 removed the pte prefetch on guest invlpg, citing guest races. However, the SDM is adamant that prefetch is allowed: "The processor may create entries in paging-structure caches for translations required for prefetches and for accesses that are a result of speculative execution that would never actually occur in the executed code path." And, in fact, there was a race in the prefetch code: we picked up the pte without the mmu lock held, so an older invlpg could install the pte over a newer invlpg. Reinstate the prefetch logic, but this time note whether another invlpg has executed using a counter. If a race occured, do not install the pte. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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