Re: [RFC 00/14] KVM: x86/MMU: Formalize the Shadow MMU

[Ben Gardon]

On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 12:02 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022, Ben Gardon wrote:
> > This series builds on 9352e7470a1b4edd2fa9d235420ecc7bc3971bdc.
>
> Before you send the next version, can you tweak your workflow to generate the
> base commit via `git format-patch --base`?  That makes it much easier for humans
> and scripts to find the base commit, and saves you from having to remember to
> manually specify the base.  Because of the code movement, applying this series
> without the precise base is an exercise in frustration.
>
> E.g. my workflow does
>
>         git format-patch --base=HEAD~$nr <more crud>
>
> where $nr is the number of patches to generate.  There's also an "auto" option,
> but IIRC that only works if you have the upstream pointing at the base, e.g. it
> falls apart if upstream points at your own remote "backup" repo.

Sure thing, thanks for the tip!