linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] KVM: x86/mmu: Extract __kvm_mmu_do_page

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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:41:55 +0200
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
Cc: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>, "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"seanjc@...gle.com" <seanjc@...gle.com>, "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>, 
	"federico.parola@...ito.it" <federico.parola@...ito.it>, 
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"isaku.yamahata@...il.com" <isaku.yamahata@...il.com>, "dmatlack@...gle.com" <dmatlack@...gle.com>, 
	"michael.roth@....com" <michael.roth@....com>, isaku.yamahata@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] KVM: x86/mmu: Extract __kvm_mmu_do_page_fault()

On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 1:52 AM Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com> wrote:
> As Chao pointed out, this patch is unnecessary.  I'll use
> kvm_mmu_do_page_fault() directly with updating vcpu->stat.

Actually I prefer to have this patch.

pf_* stats do not make sense for pre-population, and updating them
confuses things because pre-population (outside TDX) has the purpose
of avoiding page faults.

Paolo