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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Zhang Yi <yi.z.zhang@linux.intel.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, pbonzini@redhat.com,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com, dave.jiang@intel.com,
	yu.c.zhang@intel.com, pagupta@redhat.com, david@redhat.com,
	jack@suse.cz, hch@lst.de
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, jglisse@redhat.com, yi.z.zhang@intel.com,
	rkrcmar@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 4/4] kvm: add a check if pfn is from NVDIMM pmem.
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:07:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4192066a-79f3-2b3e-386f-c4ec9b6dd8fd@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a4183c0f0adfb6d123599dd306062fd193e83f5a.1534934405.git.yi.z.zhang@linux.intel.com>

On 08/22/2018 03:58 AM, Zhang Yi wrote:
>  bool kvm_is_reserved_pfn(kvm_pfn_t pfn)
>  {
> -	if (pfn_valid(pfn))
> -		return PageReserved(pfn_to_page(pfn));
> +	struct page *page;
> +
> +	if (pfn_valid(pfn)) {
> +		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
> +		return PageReserved(page) && !is_dax_page(page);
> +	}

This is in desperate need of commenting about what it is doing and why.

The changelog alone doesn't cut it.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-08-30 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-22 10:55 [PATCH V4 0/4] Fix kvm misconceives NVDIMM pages as reserved mmio Zhang Yi
2018-08-22 10:55 ` [PATCH V4 1/4] kvm: remove redundant reserved page check Zhang Yi
2018-08-22 10:56 ` [PATCH V4 2/4] mm: introduce memory type MEMORY_DEVICE_DEV_DAX Zhang Yi
2018-09-19  2:43   ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-08-22 10:56 ` [PATCH V4 3/4] mm: add a function to differentiate the pages is from DAX device memory Zhang Yi
2018-09-19  2:48   ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-08-22 10:58 ` [PATCH V4 4/4] kvm: add a check if pfn is from NVDIMM pmem Zhang Yi
2018-08-29 10:15   ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-08-30 19:23     ` Yi Zhang
2018-08-30 19:07   ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2018-08-31 16:39     ` Yi Zhang

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