[RFC PATCH] kvm: nv: Optimize the unmapping of shadow S2-MMU tables.

Ganapatrao Kulkarni gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com
Wed Mar 6 06:57:15 PST 2024



On 06-03-2024 07:03 pm, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 05:31:09 +0000,
> Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05-03-2024 02:16 pm, Oliver Upton wrote:
>>> -cc old kvmarm list
>>> +cc new kvmarm list, reviewers
>>>
>>> Please run scripts/get_maintainer.pl next time around so we get the
>>> right people looking at a patch.
>>>
>>
>> Of course I know this script -:)
>> I didn't cc since I felt to avoid unnecessary overloading someone's
>> inbox. I don't think anyone(even ARM) is interested in this feature
>> other than Marc and me/Ampere. Otherwise this would have merged
>> upstream by now.
> 
> You're wrong on a lot of this. There is quite a significant interest,
> actually. But in the fine corporate tradition, not even my employer
> can be bothered to actively contribute. These people are waiting for
> things to land. I'm happy to make them wait even longer (I'm paying
> for my own HW, so I don't owe anyone anything).
> 
> The architecture also wasn't in a good enough state for the support to
> be merged until very recently, and it still is broken in a lot of
> respects.
> 
>> BTW, NV feature development started way back in 2016/17.
> 
> And? Cc'ing individuals and lists is basic courtesy, I'm afraid.
> Please don't leave people in the dark.

Sure, My apologies, will not skip in future!

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	M.
> 

Thanks,
Ganapat



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