linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v4 08/18] KVM: x86/mmu: Track unused mmu_shadowed_info

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Message-ID: <CAHVum0cOG62gstGK_W9r1vgjJ5P7_Eswek9SCmEA=E_hexaysw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2023 16:02:47 -0700
From:   Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@...gle.com>
To:     "Yang, Weijiang" <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
Cc:     jmattson@...gle.com, mizhang@...gle.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, seanjc@...gle.com,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, bgardon@...gle.com, dmatlack@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [Patch v4 08/18] KVM: x86/mmu: Track unused mmu_shadowed_info_cache
 pages count via global counter

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 9:53 PM Yang, Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 3/7/2023 6:41 AM, Vipin Sharma wrote:
> > Add unused pages in mmu_shadowed_info_cache to global MMU unused page
> > cache counter i.e. kvm_total_unused_cached_pages. These pages will be
> > freed by MMU shrinker in future commit.
>
> This patch mainly renames some functions,  but the commit log doesn't
> reflect what
>
> this patch does. Please change the commit log or squash the patch.
>
>

This is not just function renaming, it is using a function which does
page accounting. I will expand the commit log to capture more details
instead of squashing.

Thanks