[PATCH v13 12/35] KVM: Prepare for handling only shared mappings in mmu_notifier events

Paolo Bonzini pbonzini at redhat.com
Tue Oct 31 04:21:33 AEDT 2023


On 10/27/23 20:21, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> @@ -635,6 +635,13 @@ static __always_inline kvm_mn_ret_t __kvm_handle_hva_range(struct kvm *kvm,
>  			 * the second or later invocation of the handler).
>  			 */
>  			gfn_range.arg = range->arg;
> +
> +			/*
> +			 * HVA-based notifications aren't relevant to private
> +			 * mappings as they don't have a userspace mapping.

It's confusing who "they" is.  Maybe

	 * HVA-based notifications provide a userspace address,
	 * and as such are only relevant for shared mappings.

Paolo

> +			 */
> +			gfn_range.only_private = false;
> +			gfn_range.only_shared = true;
>  			gfn_range.may_block = range->may_block;
>  
>  			/*




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