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From: Yi Zhang <yi.z.zhang-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 4/4] kvm: add a check if pfn is from NVDIMM pmem.
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 00:39:42 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180831163941.GA1220@tiger-server> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4192066a-79f3-2b3e-386f-c4ec9b6dd8fd-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

On 2018-08-30 at 12:07:11 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 08/22/2018 03:58 AM, Zhang Yi wrote:
> >  bool kvm_is_reserved_pfn(kvm_pfn_t pfn)
> >  {
> > -	if (pfn_valid(pfn))
> > -		return PageReserved(pfn_to_page(pfn));
> > +	struct page *page;
> > +
> > +	if (pfn_valid(pfn)) {
> > +		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
> > +		return PageReserved(page) && !is_dax_page(page);
> > +	}
> 
> This is in desperate need of commenting about what it is doing and why.
> 
> The changelog alone doesn't cut it.
Thanks, Dave, Will add some comments

      parent reply	other threads:[~2018-08-31 16:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-22 10:55 [PATCH V4 0/4] Fix kvm misconceives NVDIMM pages as reserved mmio Zhang Yi
     [not found] ` <cover.1534934405.git.yi.z.zhang-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2018-08-22 10:55   ` [PATCH V4 1/4] kvm: remove redundant reserved page check Zhang Yi
2018-08-22 10:56   ` [PATCH V4 2/4] mm: introduce memory type MEMORY_DEVICE_DEV_DAX Zhang Yi
     [not found]     ` <c0b53c74379e6d654bbe42471fcef8aa5fd22efd.1534934405.git.yi.z.zhang-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2018-09-19  2:43       ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-08-22 10:56   ` [PATCH V4 3/4] mm: add a function to differentiate the pages is from DAX device memory Zhang Yi
2018-09-19  2:48     ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-08-22 10:58   ` [PATCH V4 4/4] kvm: add a check if pfn is from NVDIMM pmem Zhang Yi
     [not found]     ` <a4183c0f0adfb6d123599dd306062fd193e83f5a.1534934405.git.yi.z.zhang-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2018-08-29 10:15       ` Pankaj Gupta
     [not found]         ` <380594559.7598107.1535537748154.JavaMail.zimbra-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-08-30 19:23           ` Yi Zhang
2018-08-30 19:07       ` Dave Hansen
     [not found]         ` <4192066a-79f3-2b3e-386f-c4ec9b6dd8fd-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2018-08-31 16:39           ` Yi Zhang [this message]

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