lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2022]   [Jun]   [23]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 00/23] KVM: Extend Eager Page Splitting to the shadow MMU
On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 03:26:47PM -0400, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> For the description of the "why" of this patch, I'll just direct you to
> David's excellent cover letter from v6, which can be found at
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220516232138.1783324-1-dmatlack@google.com.
>
> This version mostly does the following:
>
> - apply the feedback from Sean and other reviewers, which is mostly
> aesthetic
>
> - replace the refactoring of drop_large_spte()/__drop_large_spte()
> with my own version. The insight there is that drop_large_spte()
> is always followed by {,__}link_shadow_page(), so the call is
> moved there
>
> - split the TLB flush optimization into a separate patch, mostly
> to perform the previous refactoring independent of the optional
> TLB flush
>
> - rename a few functions from *nested_mmu* to *shadow_mmu*
>

Thanks for the v7 Paolo!

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2022-06-24 01:52    [W:0.278 / U:0.392 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site