linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] KVM: x86: Clean up rmap zap helpers

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Message-ID: <747332db-189a-2f58-4a2c-6a40eb631af8@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Jul 2022 19:33:33 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] KVM: x86: Clean up rmap zap helpers

On 7/14/22 19:27, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> 
>    pte_list_remove  => kvm_zap_one_rmap_spte
>    pte_list_destroy => kvm_zap_all_rmap_sptes
> 
> That will yield a better series too, as I can move patch 5 to be patch 2, then
> split what was patch 2 (the rename) into separate patches to first align kvm_zap_rmap()
> and __kvm_zap_rmap(), and then rename the pte_list_remove/destroy helpers.

Yeah, sounds good (I also was looking into moving patch 5 and possibly 
even patch 4 more towards the beginning).

Paolo