Re: [PATCH 07/24] kvm: x86/mmu: Add comment on __tdp_mmu_set_spte

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Tue Jan 26 2021 - 09:23:44 EST


On 12/01/21 19:10, Ben Gardon wrote:
__tdp_mmu_set_spte is a very important function in the TDP MMU which
already accepts several arguments and will take more in future commits.
To offset this complexity, add a comment to the function describing each
of the arguemnts.

No functional change intended.

Reviewed-by: Peter Feiner <pfeiner@xxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index 2650fa9fe066..b033da8243fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -357,6 +357,22 @@ static void handle_changed_spte(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id, gfn_t gfn,
new_spte, level);
}
+/*
+ * __tdp_mmu_set_spte - Set a TDP MMU SPTE and handle the associated bookkeeping
+ * @kvm: kvm instance
+ * @iter: a tdp_iter instance currently on the SPTE that should be set
+ * @new_spte: The value the SPTE should be set to
+ * @record_acc_track: Notify the MM subsystem of changes to the accessed state
+ * of the page. Should be set unless handling an MMU
+ * notifier for access tracking. Leaving record_acc_track
+ * unset in that case prevents page accesses from being
+ * double counted.
+ * @record_dirty_log: Record the page as dirty in the dirty bitmap if
+ * appropriate for the change being made. Should be set
+ * unless performing certain dirty logging operations.
+ * Leaving record_dirty_log unset in that case prevents page
+ * writes from being double counted.
+ */
static inline void __tdp_mmu_set_spte(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter,
u64 new_spte, bool record_acc_track,
bool record_dirty_log)


Queued, thanks.

Paolo