Re: [PATCH v13 12/35] KVM: Prepare for handling only shared mappings in mmu_notifier events

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Mon Oct 30 2023 - 13:22:39 EST


On 10/27/23 20:21, Sean Christopherson wrote:
@@ -635,6 +635,13 @@ static __always_inline kvm_mn_ret_t __kvm_handle_hva_range(struct kvm *kvm,
* the second or later invocation of the handler).
*/
gfn_range.arg = range->arg;
+
+ /*
+ * HVA-based notifications aren't relevant to private
+ * mappings as they don't have a userspace mapping.

It's confusing who "they" is. Maybe

* HVA-based notifications provide a userspace address,
* and as such are only relevant for shared mappings.

Paolo

+ */
+ gfn_range.only_private = false;
+ gfn_range.only_shared = true;
gfn_range.may_block = range->may_block;
/*