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

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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?