Re: [PATCH v23 09/14] KVM: arm64: Consolidate stage2 unmap range into kvm_stage2_unmap_range

[Fuad Tabba]

On Wed, 7 Oct 2026 at 09:36, Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In preparation for adding VM specific backends for stage2 operations,
> nuke __unmap_stage2_range() and fold the logic into
> kvm_stage2_unmap_range(). Also, make kvm_unmap_gfn_range(), the only other
> user of the __unmap_stage2_range() call the kvm_stage2_unmap_range(). Also,
> while at it fix the comment to make it clear that mmu_lock must always be
> held while unmapping. The code already mandates that and the two call paths
> do have the write mmu_lock held.
>
> Later we would replace the logic in kvm_stage2_unmap_range() with VM
> specific backends.
>
> No functional changes intended.
>
> Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,
/fuad