[RFC PATCH v12 01/33] KVM: Tweak kvm_hva_range and hva_handler_t to allow reusing for gfn ranges

Xiaoyao Li xiaoyao.li at intel.com
Thu Sep 14 23:47:13 PDT 2023


On 9/14/2023 9:54 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Rework and rename "struct kvm_hva_range" into "kvm_mmu_notifier_range" so
> that the structure can be used to handle notifications that operate on gfn
> context, i.e. that aren't tied to a host virtual address.
> 
> Practically speaking, this is a nop for 64-bit kernels as the only
> meaningful change is to store start+end as u64s instead of unsigned longs.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
> ---
>   virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
>   1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 486800a7024b..0524933856d4 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -541,18 +541,22 @@ static inline struct kvm *mmu_notifier_to_kvm(struct mmu_notifier *mn)
>   	return container_of(mn, struct kvm, mmu_notifier);
>   }
>   
> -typedef bool (*hva_handler_t)(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range);
> +typedef bool (*gfn_handler_t)(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_gfn_range *range);

Is it worth mentioning the rename of it as well in changelog?

Anyway,

Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li at intel.com>



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