linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] KVM: x86/mmu: Move kvm_tdp_mmu

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Message-ID: <49636b4c-10e1-8cec-efdf-e2bd4b832a9e@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 29 Dec 2022 22:06:24 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Robert Hoo <robert.hu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
        Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>,
        Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] KVM: x86/mmu: Move kvm_tdp_mmu_map()'s prolog and
 epilog to its caller

On 12/29/22 20:51, David Matlack wrote:
> Your proposal (below) to split out the "lower half" of the page fault
> handling routine works now because that's where all the divergence is.
> But with the common MMU there's also going to be divergence in the fast
> page fault handler. So I prefer to just keep the routines separate to
> avoid thrashing down the road.

Can you put the changes at the beginning of the common MMU series? 
Large parts of the whole common MMU refactoring can be merged piece by 
piece, so they can be taken as soon as they're ready.

Paolo