linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] x86/paravirt: remove set_pte

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Message-ID: <b564a292-a3d6-90fb-0796-cd695ff4ec67@oracle.com>
Date:   Sun, 16 Aug 2020 14:44:49 -0400
From:   boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        x86@...nel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Deep Shah <sdeep@...are.com>,
        "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] x86/paravirt: remove set_pte_at pv-op


On 8/15/20 6:06 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On x86 set_pte_at() is now always falling back to set_pte(). So instead
> of having this fallback after the paravirt maze just drop the
> set_pte_at paravirt operation and let set_pte_at() use the set_pte()
> function directly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>