Re: [PATCH v10 041/108] KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: refactor kvm_tdp_mmu_map()

From: Isaku Yamahata
Date: Thu Nov 17 2022 - 13:37:56 EST


On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 09:42:34AM +0000,
"Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, 2022-10-29 at 23:22 -0700, isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Factor out non-leaf SPTE population logic from kvm_tdp_mmu_map(). MapGPA
> > hypercall needs to populate non-leaf SPTE to record which GPA, private or
> > shared, is allowed in the leaf EPT entry.
>
> Is this patch still valid/needed since you have changed to use XArray to store
> whether GFN is private or shared?

Because tdp_mmu_populate_nonleaf() won't be touched any more, this patch doesn't
have any benefit. Will drop it.
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Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>