From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>, Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/15] KVM: X86: Always set gpte_is_8_bytes when direct map
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:30:40 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1c3d50f5-8f42-f337-cecc-3115e73703e5@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <65e1f2ca-5d89-d67f-2e0e-542094f89f05@redhat.com>
On 2021/11/18 23:01, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 11/18/21 15:34, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2021/11/18 19:12, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>> On 11/18/21 12:08, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>>>> From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
>>>>
>>>> When direct map, gpte_is_8_bytes has no meaning, but it is true for all
>>>> other cases except direct map when nonpaping.
>>>>
>>>> Setting gpte_is_8_bytes to true when nonpaping can ensure that
>>>> !gpte_is_8_bytes means 32-bit gptes for shadow paging.
>>>
>>> Then the right thing to do would be to rename it to has_4_byte_gptes and invert the direction. But as things stand,
>>> it's a bit more confusing to make gpte_is_8_bytes=1 if there are no guest PTEs at all.
>>>
>>
>> I will make the last 3 patches be a separated patchset and will do the rename.
>
> Patches 13 and 14 are fine actually.
>
Hello
Since 13, and 14 is queued, could you also queue this one and I will do the rename
separately in the next patchset. I found that the intent of this patch is hidden
in the lengthened squashed patch (of this patch and the renaming patch).
Thanks
Lai
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-19 10:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-18 11:07 [PATCH 00/15] KVM: X86: Miscellaneous cleanups Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 01/15] KVM: VMX: Use x86 core API to access to fs_base and inactive gs_base Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 16:05 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-11-21 15:17 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-22 3:27 ` Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 02/15] KVM: VMX: Avoid to rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP) Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-11-18 14:17 ` Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 14:38 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 03/15] KVM: VMX: Update msr value after kvm_set_user_return_msr() succeeds Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 04/15] KVM: VMX: Save HOST_CR3 in vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest() Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 05/15] KVM: VMX: Add document to state that write to uret msr should always be intercepted Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 16:05 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-12-07 20:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 06/15] KVM: VMX: Use kvm_set_msr_common() for MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST in the default way Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 07/15] KVM: VMX: Change comments about vmx_get_msr() Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 08/15] KVM: SVM: Rename get_max_npt_level() to get_npt_level() Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 09/15] KVM: SVM: Allocate sd->save_area with __GFP_ZERO Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 10/15] KVM: X86: Skip allocating pae_root for vcpu->arch.guest_mmu when !tdp_enabled Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 11/15] KVM: X86: Fix comment in __kvm_mmu_create() Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 12/15] KVM: X86: Remove unused declaration of __kvm_mmu_free_some_pages() Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 13/15] KVM: X86: Remove useless code to set role.gpte_is_8_bytes when role.direct Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 14/15] KVM: X86: Calculate quadrant when !role.gpte_is_8_bytes Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:08 ` [PATCH 15/15] KVM: X86: Always set gpte_is_8_bytes when direct map Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 11:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-11-18 14:34 ` Lai Jiangshan
2021-11-18 15:01 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-11-19 10:30 ` Lai Jiangshan [this message]
2021-11-19 10:34 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-11-19 10:42 ` Lai Jiangshan
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