Re: [PATCH 15/15] KVM: X86: Always set gpte_is_8_bytes when direct map

[Lai Jiangshan]

On 2021/11/18 19:12, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 11/18/21 12:08, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> > From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > When direct map, gpte_is_8_bytes has no meaning, but it is true for all
> > other cases except direct map when nonpaping.
> >
> > Setting gpte_is_8_bytes to true when nonpaping can ensure that
> > !gpte_is_8_bytes means 32-bit gptes for shadow paging.
>
> Then the right thing to do would be to rename it to has_4_byte_gptes and invert the direction.  But as things stand, 
> it's a bit more confusing to make gpte_is_8_bytes=1 if there are no guest PTEs at all.

I will make the last 3 patches be a separated patchset and will do the rename.