Re: [PATCH v7 02/12] KVM: arm64: Use kvm_arch_flush_remote_tlbs()

[Marc Zyngier]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 22:50:07 +0100,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2023, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 03:22:41 +0100,
> > Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Stop depending on CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_TLB_FLUSH_ALL and opt to
> > > standardize on kvm_arch_flush_remote_tlbs() since it avoids
> > > duplicating the generic TLB stats across architectures that implement
> > > their own remote TLB flush.
> > > 
> > > This adds an extra function call to the ARM64 kvm_flush_remote_tlbs()
> > > path, but that is a small cost in comparison to flushing remote TLBs.
> > 
> > Well, there is no such thing as a "remote TLB" anyway. We either have
> > a non-shareable or inner-shareable invalidation. The notion of remote
> > would imply that we track who potentially has a TLB, which we
> > obviously don't.
> 
> Maybe kvm_arch_flush_vm_tlbs()?  The "remote" part is misleading even on x86 when
> running on Hyper-V, as the flush may be done via a single hypercall and by kicking
> "remote" vCPUs.

Yup, this would be much better.

Thanks,

	M.

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