linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 09/12] mm: x86: Invoke hypercall when page encryption status is changed

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Date:   Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:09:18 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ashish Kalra <Ashish.Kalra@....com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, joro@...tes.org,
        thomas.lendacky@....com, x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, srutherford@...gle.com,
        seanjc@...gle.com, venu.busireddy@...cle.com, brijesh.singh@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 09/12] mm: x86: Invoke hypercall when page encryption
 status is changed

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 02:00:42PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> The words are right but the order is wrong (more like "hypercall to set some
> memory's encrypted/decrypted state").  Perhaps?
> kvm_hypercall_set_page_enc_status.

Yap.

> page_encryption_changed does not sound bad to me though, it's a
> notification-like function name. Maybe notify_page_enc_status_changed?

Yap again. Those are better.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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