linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Handle "default" period when selectively waking kthread

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Message-ID: <07f67369-a921-09d4-019d-d4141f970c1c@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:10:17 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.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, Junaid Shahid <junaids@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Handle "default" period when selectively
 waking kthread

On 11/20/21 02:57, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> +/*
> + * Calculate the effective recovery period, accounting for '0' meaning "let KVM
> + * select a period of ~1 hour per page".  Returns true if recovery is enabled.
> + */

Slightly better: "let KVM select a halving time of ~1 hour".  Queued 
with this change, thanks.

Paolo