linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] KVM/X86/PPC: Clear up kvm mmu memory barriers and update related comments

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:03:12 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@...el.com>, guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com,
	agraf@...e.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org, gleb@...nel.org,
	hpa@...or.com, kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, mpe@...erman.id.au, paulus@...ba.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] KVM/X86/PPC: Clear up kvm mmu memory barriers and
 update related comments



On 13/03/2016 04:10, Lan Tianyu wrote:
> This series is to clear up kvm mmu memory barriers.
> 1) Remove redundant barrier (PATCH 1)
> 2) Replace origin barrier functions with preferrable ones (PATCH 2, 3, 5)
> 3) Fix unpaired barriers (PATCH 4)
> 4) Update or add barrier related comments (PATCH 6, 7)

Thanks, this looks pretty good!  I will apply it for 4.6 if I have to
send two pull requests during this merge window; otherwise, it will have
to wait for the next merge window.

Paolo