Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: x86/mmu: small locking cleanups

[Sean Christopherson]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2023, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Nov 2023 03:33:56 -0500, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > Remove "bool shared" argument from functions and iterators that need
> > not know if the lock is taken for read or write.  This is common because
> > protection is achieved via RCU and tdp_mmu_pages_lock or because the
> > argument is only used for assertions that can be written by hand.
> > 
> > Also always take tdp_mmu_pages_lock even if mmu_lock is currently taken
> > for write.
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Applied to kvm-x86 mmu, thanks!
> 
> [1/4] KVM: x86/mmu: remove unnecessary "bool shared" argument from functions
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/2d30059d38e6
> [2/4] KVM: x86/mmu: remove unnecessary "bool shared" argument from iterators
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/59b93e634b40
> [3/4] KVM: x86/mmu: always take tdp_mmu_pages_lock
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/4072c73104f2
> [4/4] KVM: x86/mmu: fix comment about mmu_unsync_pages_lock
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/9dc2973a3b20

FYI, I had to force push to mmu to fixup an unrelated Fixes: issue, new hashes:

[1/4] KVM: x86/mmu: remove unnecessary "bool shared" argument from functions
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/5f3c8c9187b6
[2/4] KVM: x86/mmu: remove unnecessary "bool shared" argument from iterators
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/484dd27c0602
[3/4] KVM: x86/mmu: always take tdp_mmu_pages_lock
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/250ce1b4d21a
[4/4] KVM: x86/mmu: fix comment about mmu_unsync_pages_lock
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/e59f75de4e50