Re: [PATCH v2 13/15] KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: Make mmu notifier callbacks to check kvm_process

From: Edgecombe, Rick P
Date: Sun Jun 09 2024 - 21:07:10 EST


On Sat, 2024-06-08 at 11:15 +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > Agree 'process' sticks out. Somehow having attr_filter and args.attributes
> > in
> > the same struct feels a bit wrong. Not that process was a lot better.
> >
> > I guess attr_filter is more about alias ranges, and args.attribute is more
> > about
> > conversion to various types of memory (private, shared and ideas of other
> > types
> > I guess). But since today we only have private and shared, I wonder if there
> > is
> > some way to combine them within struct kvm_gfn_range? I've not thought this
> > all
> > the way through.
>
> I think it's better that they stay separate. One is an argument
> (args.attribute), the other is not, it should be clear enough.

Ok, yea. Looking at this more, it makes sense.