linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/18] KVM: x86/mmu: WARN if PAE roots linger after kvm_mmu

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Message-ID: <fdd3488193dfb0c60e219f02f181dc41bec2c54e.camel@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:11:05 +0200
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/18] KVM: x86/mmu: WARN if PAE roots linger after
 kvm_mmu_unload

On Fri, 2022-02-18 at 18:23 +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 2/18/22 18:14, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Checkpatch doesn't like it, and IMO the existing asserts
> > are unnecessary.
> 
> I agree that removing the assertions could be another way to go.
> 
> A third and better one could be to just wait until pae_root is gone.  I 
> have started looking at it but I would like your opinion on one detail; 
> see question I posted at 
> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/7ccb16e5-579e-b3d9-cedc-305152ef9b8f@redhat.com/.
> 
> For now I'll drop this patch.

IMHO, the idea of having shadow pages backing the synthetic pages like pae roots,
is a very good idea.

I hope I get to review that RFC very soon.

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky

> 
> Paolo
>