linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] KVM: MMU: introduce kvm_clear_all_lpage

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Date:	Fri, 3 May 2013 11:15:31 +0900
From:	Takuya Yoshikawa <takuya.yoshikawa@...il.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	mtosatti@...hat.com, gleb@...hat.com, avi.kivity@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] KVM: MMU: introduce kvm_clear_all_lpage_info

On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:13:19 +0800
Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> This function is used to reset the large page info of all guest pages
> which will be used in later patch
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.h |    2 ++
>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 52b4e97..8e4494c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -6951,6 +6951,31 @@ static void memslot_set_lpage_disallowed(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static void clear_memslot_lpage_info(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for (i = 1; i < KVM_NR_PAGE_SIZES; ++i) {
> +		int lpages;
> +		int level = i + 1;
> +
> +		lpages = gfn_to_index(slot->base_gfn + slot->npages - 1,
> +				      slot->base_gfn, level) + 1;
> +
> +		memset(slot->arch.lpage_info[i - 1], 0,
> +		       sizeof(*slot->arch.lpage_info[i - 1]));
> +		memslot_set_lpage_disallowed(slot, slot->npages, i, lpages);

This does something other than clearing.
Any better name?

	Takuya
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