linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v17 12/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename .private_max_mapping_level() to .gmem_max_mapping

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Message-ID: <CA+EHjTx8KiDS+WcB9gpWaKtmEaC40gdE1ZDaMJydHfMJLVLbwA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:33:42 +0100
From: Fuad Tabba <tabba@...gle.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, 
	Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>, kvm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, 
	Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>, Shivank Garg <shivankg@....com>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, 
	Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>, Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>, 
	Tao Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>, James Houghton <jthoughton@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 12/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename .private_max_mapping_level()
 to .gmem_max_mapping_level()

On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 at 09:29, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On 31.07.25 10:15, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> > On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 at 23:55, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>
> >>
> >> Rename kvm_x86_ops.private_max_mapping_level() to .gmem_max_mapping_level()
> >> in anticipation of extending guest_memfd support to non-private memory.
> >>
> >> No functional change intended.
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
> >> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@...gle.com>
> >> Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> >> ---
> >
> > nit: remove my "Signed-off-by", since I'm not a co-developer, and instead:
>
> The patch went "through your hands", right? In that case, a SOB is the
> right thing to do.
>
> "The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the
> development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path."

I see. I thought it only applied to the current re-spin.

In that case, sorry for the noise! :)

Cheers,
/fuad

> --
> Cheers,
>
> David / dhildenb
>