linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/23] KVM: MMU: remove kvm_mmu_calc_root_page

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <YgVLkgwBRy+JXZiH@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:29:54 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        dmatlack@...gle.com, vkuznets@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/23] KVM: MMU: remove kvm_mmu_calc_root_page_role

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 2/10/22 01:47, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > The nested mess is likely easily solved, I don't see any obvious issue with swapping
> > the order.  But I still don't love the subtlety.  I do like shaving cycles, just
> > not the subtlety...
> 
> Not so easily, but it's doable and it's essentially what I did in the other
> series (the one that reworks the root cache).

Sounds like I should reveiw that series first?