From: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>
To: Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang@arm.com>
Cc: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>,
Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: arm64: Remove stale remark on canonical IPA alignment
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:50:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <auSEiTmuLcPmG7Gs@LeoBrasDK> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029175238.3214788-3-weilin.chang@arm.com>
On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 05:52:38PM +0000, Wei-Lin Chang wrote:
> Commit 3b8ce2b5132ae ("KVM: arm64: Use a variable for the canonical IPA
> in kvm_s2_fault_map()") created a variable to store the canonical IPA,
> instead of calculating it when needed. It moved the aligning just before
> mark_page_dirty_in_slot() to an earlier place but did not update the
> comment.
>
> Remove the stale part of the comment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang@arm.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 6 +-----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> index c7df646af79f..695c6229a216 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -2232,11 +2232,7 @@ static int kvm_s2_fault_map(const struct kvm_s2_fault_desc *s2fd,
> kvm_fault_unlock(kvm);
> kfree(mapping);
>
> - /*
> - * Mark the page dirty only if the fault is handled successfully,
> - * making sure we adjust the canonical IPA if the mapping size has
> - * been updated (via a THP upgrade, for example).
> - */
> + /* Mark the page dirty only if the fault is handled successfully. */
> if (writable && !ret)
> mark_page_dirty_in_slot(kvm, s2fd->memslot,
> gpa_to_gfn(canonical_ipa));
> --
> 2.43.0
>
Reviewed-by: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-30 11:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-29 17:52 [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: arm64: Dirty logging fixes/cleanups Wei-Lin Chang
2026-10-29 17:52 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: arm64: Fix dirty logging detection in ring-only mode Wei-Lin Chang
2026-10-30 5:11 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-30 11:42 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-10-29 17:52 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: arm64: Remove stale remark on canonical IPA alignment Wei-Lin Chang
2026-10-29 18:39 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-10-30 5:12 ` Gavin Shan
2026-10-30 11:50 ` Leonardo Bras [this message]
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