linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] KVM: Documentation: Update document description for kvm_mmu_page and kvm_mmu_page

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:33:25 -0700
From:   Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@...gle.com>
To:     Zhi Wang <zhi.wang.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>,
        Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] KVM: Documentation: Update document description for
 kvm_mmu_page and kvm_mmu_page_role

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 2:00 AM Zhi Wang <zhi.wang.linux@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:08:50 +0000
> Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> > When reading the KVM MMU documentation for nested virtualization, I feel
> > that the description of kvm_mmu_page (and kvm_mmu_page_role) has been
> > lagging for around 1-2 years. The descriptions for several fields in struct
> > kvm_mmu_page and struct kvm_mmu_page_role are missing. So I think it might
> > be good to add them to make it consistent with the current code.
> >
>
> This is so nice. A trivial comment, maybe refining the tittle of PATCH 1-6 a
> bit: "Add the missing comment of xxxx into xxxx". It is a little bit confusing
> by just looking at the titles at the first glance, more like some members are
> missing, not the comments. :)
>

Sure. Yeah, the shortlog looks slightly confusing as if I am changing
the actual data structures. I will update those in the next version.
Thanks for your comments.

-Mingwei