linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 04/21] KVM: pfncache: add a mark-dirty helper

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:59:39 +0000
From: Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@...il.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
 Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>,
 Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>,
 David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
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 David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 04/21] KVM: pfncache: add a mark-dirty helper

On 19/02/2024 21:42, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024, Paul Durrant wrote:
>> +/**
>> + * kvm_gpc_mark_dirty_in_slot - mark a cached guest page as dirty.
>> + *
>> + * @gpc:	   struct gfn_to_pfn_cache object.
> 
> Meh, just omit the kerneldoc comment.
> 
>> + */
>> +static inline void kvm_gpc_mark_dirty_in_slot(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc)
>> +{
>> +	lockdep_assert_held(&gpc->lock);
>> +	if (gpc->memslot)
>> +		mark_page_dirty_in_slot(gpc->kvm, gpc->memslot,
>> +					gpc->gpa >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> 
> It's kinda silly, but I think it's worth landing this below gpa_to_gfn() so that
> there's no need to open code the shift.
> 
> And I have a (very) slight preference for an early return.
> 
> static inline void kvm_gpc_mark_dirty_in_slot(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc)
> {
> 	lockdep_assert_held(&gpc->lock);
> 
> 	if (!gpc->memslot)
> 		return;
> 
> 	mark_page_dirty_in_slot(gpc->kvm, gpc->memslot, gpa_to_gfn(gpc->gpa));
> }
> 

Ok. Will change.

>> +}
>> +
>>   void kvm_sigset_activate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>>   void kvm_sigset_deactivate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>>   
>> -- 
>> 2.39.2
>>