Re: [PATCH 6/7] KVM: Drop KVM_REQ_MMU_RELOAD and update vcpu-requests.rst documentation

[Claudio Imbrenda]

On Thu,  9 Dec 2021 06:05:51 +0000
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Remove the now unused KVM_REQ_MMU_RELOAD, shift KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD into the
> unoccupied space, and update vcpu-requests.rst, which was missing an
> entry for KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD.  Switching KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD to entry '1' also
> fixes the stale comment about bits 4-7 being reserved.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst | 7 +++----
>  include/linux/kvm_host.h                 | 3 +--
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst
> index ad2915ef7020..98b8f02b7a19 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst
> @@ -112,11 +112,10 @@ KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH
>    choose to use the common kvm_flush_remote_tlbs() implementation will
>    need to handle this VCPU request.
>  
> -KVM_REQ_MMU_RELOAD
> +KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD
>  
> -  When shadow page tables are used and memory slots are removed it's
> -  necessary to inform each VCPU to completely refresh the tables.  This
> -  request is used for that.
> +  This request informs all VCPUs that the VM is dead and unusable, e.g. due to
> +  fatal error or because the VMs state has been intentionally destroyed.
>  
>  KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK
>  
> diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> index 636e62c09964..7e444c4e406d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> @@ -151,10 +151,9 @@ static inline bool is_error_page(struct page *page)
>   * Bits 4-7 are reserved for more arch-independent bits.
>   */
>  #define KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH         (0 | KVM_REQUEST_WAIT | KVM_REQUEST_NO_WAKEUP)
> -#define KVM_REQ_MMU_RELOAD        (1 | KVM_REQUEST_WAIT | KVM_REQUEST_NO_WAKEUP)
> +#define KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD           (1 | KVM_REQUEST_WAIT | KVM_REQUEST_NO_WAKEUP)
>  #define KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK           2
>  #define KVM_REQ_UNHALT            3
> -#define KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD           (4 | KVM_REQUEST_WAIT | KVM_REQUEST_NO_WAKEUP)
>  #define KVM_REQUEST_ARCH_BASE     8
>  
>  #define KVM_ARCH_REQ_FLAGS(nr, flags) ({ \