linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 12/12] KVM: TDX: Rename nr_premapped to nr_pending_tdh_mem_page

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Message-ID: <68b07470d9f26_21148294b5@iweiny-mobl.notmuch>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:23:28 -0500
From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini
	<pbonzini@...hat.com>
CC: <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Michael Roth
	<michael.roth@....com>, Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@...el.com>, Ira Weiny
	<ira.weiny@...el.com>, Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@...gle.com>, "Rick
 Edgecombe" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 12/12] KVM: TDX: Rename nr_premapped to
 nr_pending_tdh_mem_page_adds

Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Rename "nr_premapped" to an asurdly verbose "nr_pending_tdh_mem_page_adds"
> to make it explicitly clear what the counter tracks.  "pre-map" is far
> too similar to "pre-fault", especially since tdx_sept_set_private_spte()
> deals with both "pre_fault_allowed" and the counter.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>

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