linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/12] KVM: selftests: Pass the root HVA directly to nested mapping functions

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Message-ID: <CALMp9eShyXSx685qTqY_ADEk9O8Mk3btLPPE4-WYPxwghHbQPg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 16:30:26 -0700
From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
To: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] KVM: selftests: Pass the root HVA directly to
 nested mapping functions

On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> From: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
>
> The nested mapping functions used to create EPT mappings currently
> accept a struct vmx_pages argument, only to get the EPT root from it
> later. In preparation for generalizing these functions to work for NPTs,
> pass the EPT root HVA directly instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>

Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>