linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 00/46] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Fine-grained TLB flush + L2 TLB flush features

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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2022 22:22:08 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Siddharth Chandrasekaran <sidcha@...zon.de>,
        Yuan Yao <yuan.yao@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 00/46] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Fine-grained TLB flush + L2
 TLB flush features

On Tue, Oct 04, 2022, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Changes since v10 (Sean):
> - New patches added:
>   - "x86/hyperv: Move VMCB enlightenment definitions to hyperv-tlfs.h"
>   - "KVM: selftests: Move "struct hv_enlightenments" to x86_64/svm.h"
>   - "KVM: SVM: Add a proper field for Hyper-V VMCB enlightenments"
>   - 'x86/hyperv: KVM: Rename "hv_enlightenments" to "hv_vmcb_enlightenments"'
>   - 'KVM: VMX: Rename "vmx/evmcs.{ch}" to "vmx/hyperv.{ch}"'
>   - "KVM: x86: Move clearing of TLB_FLUSH_CURRENT to kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_all()"
>   - "KVM: selftests: Drop helpers to read/write page table entries"
>   - "KVM: x86: Make kvm_hv_get_assist_page() return 0/-errno"
> - Removed patches:
>   - "KVM: selftests: Export _vm_get_page_table_entry()"
> - Main differences:
>   - Move Hyper-V TLB flushing out of kvm_service_local_tlb_flush_requests().
>     On SVM, Hyper-V TLB flush FIFO is emptied from svm_flush_tlb_current()
>   - Don't disable IRQs in hv_tlb_flush_enqueue().
>   - Don't call kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest() from kvm_hv_vcpu_flush_tlb() but
>     return -errno instead.
>   - Avoid unneded flushes in !EPT/!NPT cases.
>   - Optimize hv_is_vp_in_sparse_set().
>   - Move TLFS definitions to asm/hyperv-tlfs.h.
>   - Use u64 vals in Hyper-V PV TLB flush selftest + multiple smaler changes
>   - Typos, indentation, renames, ...

Some nits throughout, but nothing major.  Everything could be fixed up when
applying, but if it's not too much trouble I'd prefer a v11, the potential changes
to kvm_hv_hypercall_complete() aren't completely trivial.