linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] kvm: Merge "atomic" and "write" in __gfn_to_pfn

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Message-ID: <YruIiNIII0pXcrYY@xz-m1.local>
Date:   Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:02:32 -0400
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        "Dr . David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Linux MM Mailing List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] kvm: Merge "atomic" and "write" in
 __gfn_to_pfn_memslot()

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 03:55:22PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> On 6/28/22 15:50, Peter Xu wrote:
> > And if you see the patch I actually did something similar (in kvm_host.h):
> > 
> >   /* gfn_to_pfn (gtp) flags */
> >   ...
> > 
> > I'd still go for GTP, but let me know if you think any of the above is
> > better, I can switch.
> > 
> 
> Yeah, I'll leave that call up to you. I don't have anything better. :)

Thanks. I'll also give it a shot with Sean's suggestion on struct when
repost (I doubt whether I can bare with 4 bools after all..).  If that goes
well we don't worry this too since there'll be no flag introduced.

-- 
Peter Xu