linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Always unlink memory regions when deleting (VM free)

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Message-ID: <172506353058.338300.7439939228083527031.b4-ty@google.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:21:01 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Always unlink memory regions when
 deleting (VM free)

On Fri, 02 Aug 2024 13:14:29 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Unlink memory regions when freeing a VM, even though it's not strictly
> necessary since all tracking structures are freed soon after.  The time
> spent deleting entries is negligible, and not unlinking entries is
> confusing, e.g. it's easy to overlook that the tree structures are
> freed by the caller.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 selftests, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: selftests: Always unlink memory regions when deleting (VM free)
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/c0d1a39d1d20

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