linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 25/30] KVM: selftests: KVM: selftests: Expose new vm_vaddr_alloc

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Message-ID: <8b76b1d7-edc9-4677-8069-a428e1067050@linux.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:15:19 +0800
From: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@...ux.intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Sagi Shahar <sagis@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>,
 Ryan Afranji <afranji@...gle.com>, Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>,
 Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>,
 Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@...gle.com>,
 Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
 Roger Wang <runanwang@...gle.com>, Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
 "Pratik R. Sampat" <pratikrajesh.sampat@....com>,
 Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>, Ira Weiny
 <ira.weiny@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 25/30] KVM: selftests: KVM: selftests: Expose new
 vm_vaddr_alloc_private()

On 8/12/2025 5:07 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 07, 2025, Sagi Shahar wrote:
>> From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>
>>
>> vm_vaddr_alloc_private allow specifying both the virtual and physical
>> addresses for the allocation.
> Why?
>
Yeah, this is not needed.
vm_vaddr_alloc() will handle it as private memory by default if the vm has
protected memory.