Re: [PATCH v4 00/12] KVM: x86/mmu: refine memtype related mmu zap

[Yan Zhao]

On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 04:17:09PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2023, Yan Zhao wrote:
> > This series refines mmu zap caused by EPT memory type update when guest
> > MTRRs are honored.
> > 
> > Patches 1-5 revolve around utilizing helper functions to check if
> > KVM TDP honors guest MTRRs, TDP zaps and page fault max_level reduction
> > are now only targeted to TDPs that honor guest MTRRs.
> > 
> > -The 5th patch will trigger zapping of TDP leaf entries if non-coherent
> >  DMA devices count goes from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
> > 
> > Patches 6-7 are fixes and patches 9-12 are optimizations for mmu zaps
> > when guest MTRRs are honored.
> > Those mmu zaps are intended to remove stale memtypes of TDP entries
> > caused by changes of guest MTRRs and CR0.CD and are usually triggered from
> > all vCPUs in bursts.
> 
> Sorry for the delayed review, especially with respect to patches 1-5.  I completely
> forgot there were cleanups at the beginning of this series.  I'll make to grab
> 1-5 early in the 6.7 cycle, even if you haven't sent a new version before then.
Never mind and thanks a lot regarding to patches 1-5!
I may not be able to spin the next version soon as I got a high priority task and
I need to finish the task first (I wish I can complete it in 1-1.5 months)
Sorry and thanks again!