[PATCH 0/3] KVM: arm64: Clean up memcache usage for page-table pages
Marc Zyngier
maz at kernel.org
Mon Jul 27 04:45:39 EDT 2020
Hi Will,
On 2020-07-23 12:02, Will Deacon wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here are some small cleanups I made to the memcache logic while hacking
> on the
> page-table code. The ioremap() behaviour looks like a bug to me,
> although it's
> just a performance thing so nothing urgent.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Will
>
> --->8
>
> Will Deacon (3):
> KVM: arm64: Don't free memcache pages in kvm_phys_addr_ioremap()
> KVM: arm64: Simplify mmu_topup_memory_cache()
> KVM: arm64: Remove mmu_free_memory_cache()
>
> arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 34 ++++++++++++++--------------------
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
Although I'm OK with this series, it conflicts with the changes
Sean did on the MMU memory cache in the core code, which also
affects arm64.
I guess I'll queue patch 1 and 3 as fixes post -rc1. Patch 2 doesn't
seem to make sense anymore in that context.
Thanks,
M.
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