linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: x86: Add EMULTYPE_PF when emulation is triggered by a page fault

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Date:   Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:12:31 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
Cc:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: x86: Add EMULTYPE_PF when emulation is
 triggered by a page fault

On 20/02/20 21:11, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> How about naming it as EMULTYPE_PF_ALLOW_RETRY and exchanging the bit
>> position with EMULTYPE_PF ?
> Hmm, EMULTYPE_PF_ALLOW_RETRY does sound better.  I'm on the fence regarding
> shuffling the bits.  If I were to shuffle the bits, I'd do a more thorough
> reorder so that the #UD and #PF types are consecutive, e.g.

Let's just change the name, I can do it.

Paolo