linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 8/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Handle non-refcounted pages

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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:36:33 +0200
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To: David Stevens <stevensd@...omium.org>
Cc: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@...labora.com>, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, 
	Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer <pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@....com>, Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...il.com>, Zhi Wang <zhi.wang.linux@...il.com>, 
	Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 8/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Handle non-refcounted pages

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 9:29 AM David Stevens <stevensd@...omium.org> wrote:
> Sean, is there any path towards getting this series merged, or is it
> blocked on cleaning up the issues in KVM code raised by Christoph?

I think after discussing that we can proceed. The series is making
things _more_ consistent in not using refcounts at all for the
secondary page tables, and Sean even had ideas on how to avoid the
difference between 32- and 64-bit versions.

Paolo