linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 03/16] KVM: x86/mmu: add comment explaining arguments to kvm_zap_gfn

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Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 23:52:38 +0300
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        x86@...nel.org (maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)),
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 03/16] KVM: x86/mmu: add comment explaining arguments to kvm_zap_gfn_range

This comment makes it clear that the range of gfns that this
function receives is non inclusive.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 3080e25c8a3a..d4e22a9635a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -5647,6 +5647,10 @@ void kvm_mmu_uninit_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 	kvm_mmu_uninit_tdp_mmu(kvm);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Invalidate (zap) SPTEs that cover GFNs from gfn_start and up to gfn_end
+ * (not including it)
+ */
 void kvm_zap_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn_start, gfn_t gfn_end)
 {
 	struct kvm_memslots *slots;
-- 
2.26.3