commit e87c099f1c9e461dcaa093b1b40b14e7e899e70f
author Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Wed Sep 14 12:16:20 2011 +0300
committer Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Mon Dec 05 12:04:09 2011 +0200
tree 24486d10a71baa1baec5c50c3838ab7f29868867
parent 4703359e0eeb27c382fdf2951b842cf8bde26672

memory: optimize empty transactions due to mutators

The mutating memory APIs can easily cause empty transactions,
where the mutators don't actually change anything, or perhaps
only modify disabled regions.  Detect these conditions and
avoid regenerating the memory topology.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>

memory.c

diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index 7e842b3..87639ab 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 
 unsigned memory_region_transaction_depth = 0;
+static bool memory_region_update_pending = false;
 
 typedef struct AddrRange AddrRange;
 
@@ -757,6 +758,7 @@
 static void memory_region_update_topology(MemoryRegion *mr)
 {
     if (memory_region_transaction_depth) {
+        memory_region_update_pending |= !mr || mr->enabled;
         return;
     }
 
@@ -770,6 +772,8 @@
     if (address_space_io.root) {
         address_space_update_topology(&address_space_io);
     }
+
+    memory_region_update_pending = false;
 }
 
 void memory_region_transaction_begin(void)
@@ -781,7 +785,9 @@
 {
     assert(memory_region_transaction_depth);
     --memory_region_transaction_depth;
-    memory_region_update_topology(NULL);
+    if (!memory_region_transaction_depth && memory_region_update_pending) {
+        memory_region_update_topology(NULL);
+    }
 }
 
 static void memory_region_destructor_none(MemoryRegion *mr)