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Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: reduce the size of mmu_page_path

From Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: reduce the size of mmu_page_path
Date 2016-03-25 15:00 +0100
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On 03/25/2016 09:45 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>
> On 25/03/2016 14:19, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> Currently only PT64_ROOT_LEVEL - 1 levels are used, one additional entry
>> in .parent[] is used as a sentinel, the additional entry in .idx[] is
>> purely wasted
>>
>> This patch reduces its size and sets the sentinel on the upper level of
>> the place where we start from
>
> This patch and the previous one are basically redoing commit
> 0a47cd85833e ("KVM: MMU: Fix ubsan warnings", 2016-03-04).  While you
> find your version easier to understand, I of course find mine easier.
>
> Rather than getting stuck in a ko fight, the solution is to stick with
> the code in KVM and add comments.  I'll give it a try...

If you do not like this one, we can just make the .index is
[PT64_ROOT_LEVEL - 1] and keep the sentinel in .parents[], that little
change and nice code shape.

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[PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-25 14:30 +0100
  [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: reduce the size of mmu_page_path Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-25 14:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: reduce the size of mmu_page_path Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-03-25 14:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: reduce the size of mmu_page_path Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-03-25 15:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: reduce the size of mmu_page_path Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-25 15:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: reduce the size of mmu_page_path Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-03-25 15:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: MMU: reduce the size of mmu_page_path Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-25 15:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-03-25 14:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-25 14:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-03-25 15:00 +0100
  [PATCH 2/4] KVM: MMU: simplify the logic of __mmu_unsync_walk() Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-25 14:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-03-25 15:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-29 19:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-03-29 22:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-30 04:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-03-30 08:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix permission_fault() Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-30 08:50 +0200

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