linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 6/7] KVM: X86/MMU: Allocate mmu->pae

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Message-ID: <CAJhGHyAK7zNQ+XKjGJThtQwmhKAVVNa2+=PgOOOaWfgNg0YA-g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 26 May 2022 16:52:59 +0800
From:   Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
To:     David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR MIPS (KVM/mips)" 
        <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@...group.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 6/7] KVM: X86/MMU: Allocate mmu->pae_root for PAE
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Hello

Thank you for the review.

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 12:57 AM David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com> wrote:

> >
> > -static int __kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu)
> > +static void __kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu)
>
> vcpu is now unused.

Removed in V3.

>
> >  {
> > -     struct page *page;
> >       int i;
> >
> >       mmu->root.hpa = INVALID_PAGE;
> >       mmu->root.pgd = 0;
> >       for (i = 0; i < KVM_MMU_NUM_PREV_ROOTS; i++)
> >               mmu->prev_roots[i] = KVM_MMU_ROOT_INFO_INVALID;
>
> optional: Consider open-coding this directly in kvm_mmu_create() and
> drop __kvm_mmu_create().

__kvm_mmu_create() is kept, and I don't want to duplicate this code.


> >  }
> >
> >  int kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> kvm_mmu_create() could return void now too.

Did in v3.

Thanks
Lai